SUCCINEA. 451 



440. Succinea girnarica, Theobald. 



Snccinea girnarica, Theobald, J. A. S. B. xxviii, 1859, p. 309 ; 



Pfeiffer, Mon. Ilelic. Viv. v, 1868, p. l'9 ; Reeve, Conch. Icon. 



xviii, 1872, Succinea, pi. 1. fig. 5 ; Hanlev ct Theobald, Conch. 



ind. 1874, pi. 67, tigs. 5. 0; Xevill. Hand' List, i, 1878, p. 2\2. 

 Succinea {Tapada) (jirnarica, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. 



Viv. 1881, p. 412. 



Orii/inal description : — " Testa oblougo-ovata, solida, uon polita, 

 tuinicia, fortiter striata, rubro flavescente magis miuusve rutilo, 

 a]i(]iiando pallescenti ; an tract, lii rapidissime creseentibus, ultimo 

 ca]iacissimo. Apertura rotundata. Perist. tenui, 



"Diam. 1-07 [ = 27 mm.], 0-61 [=15-25 mm.]; alt. 0-42 poll. 

 [ = 0-5 mm.]." (Theob(dd.) 



Hah. India: CTirnar Hills, Kattjwar (Theohald, Foote). 



"Few specimens attain the dimensions here given. The largest 

 shells are found on the peaks of the eastern portion of the Girnar 

 Hills, and at a lower elevation of about 2000 feet the shells are 

 much smaller and paler coloured.*' {Theobald.) 



Generally speaking, 5. (/iriiarica may be readily distinguished 

 from S. collina by its larger size, its bright amber colour, sometimes 

 shading to pink, by the more rapidly increasing whorls and the 

 consequently more dilated aperture. 



Three shells in the 1'heobald collection range in size between 

 27 and 18 mm., although they all possess 2| whorls, while three 

 m the Cuming coUection measure 19 mm. and have the last whorl 

 tinted with a pink hue outside. All these are from Girnar Hill. 

 The specimen figured in Conch. Ind. has been presented to the 

 British Museum by Mr. Harvey; it measures 23-5 mm., although 

 the line, indicating its size, on the plate is only 21 mm. The 

 Blanford collection contains specimens collected in the type 

 locality by Foote ; they measure 15 x 11 x 6-5 mm. 



Var. viridescens, nov. 



Two shells of unknown origin in the British Museum, labelled 

 ''highest pinnacle of Mt. Girnar" are sufHciently distinct frou) 

 the type to rank as a variety. They are of a very pale greenish 

 corneous colour, and measure : major diam. 16, minor 10 alt. 

 G mm. The Blanford collection also comprises two specimens 

 from Kattywar. 



447. Succinea rugosa, Pfeiffer. 



Succinea ruyusa, Pfeiffer, Symb. Hist. Helic. ii, 1842, p. 56 • 

 ibid., Mon. Helic. Viv. i'i, 1848, p. 517; ibid. Conch.-Cab.' 

 Siiccinen, 1855, p. 53, pi. 5, hgs. 36, 37. ' 



Succinea (Brachi/spira) ruqosa, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl Helic 

 Viv. 1881, p. 410 



Original descnpiion. — '-T. ovato-ventricosa, tenui, oblique 



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