194 A, EF. Verrili— Mollusca of the New England Coast. 
vumber of whorls in the same length, and by the smaller apical 
whorl. The whorls are also somewhat more convex and the suture 
more impressed. In one specimen the spire is somewhat crooked. 
Eulimella nitida Verrill, sp. nov. 
PLATE XXXII, FIGURE 5. 
Shell smooth, polished, rather large for the genus, moderately 
elongated, with a tall, regularly tapering spire, of more than eight 
whorls (apex broken), separated by a well defined, somewhat im- 
pressed, rather oblique suture. 
Whorls moderately and regularly convex. Last whorl much 
larger than the preceding ones, with the base produced. Aperture 
long-ovate, much narrowed posteriorly, and terminating in a narrow, 
rather deep sutural notch, regularly arched and somewhat flaring 
anteriorly ; outer lip thin, sharp, receding in a rather deep notch 
where it joins the previous whorl, from which it projects forward in 
a rather strong regular curve, most prominent in the middle, from 
whence it recedes again anteriorly to the front margin, which is 
somewhat produced and distinctly effuse. The columella-margin is 
somewhat excurved, and joins the anterior margin without forming 
an angle. There is no umbilicus. The surface is everywhere smooth 
and polished, showing only very faint and indistinct lines of growth. 
The sutural line often appears double, owing to the imner edge of 
the suture showing through the translucent shell. 
Length of the specimen, lacking the nuclear whorls, 6°5™™ ; 
breadth, 2™". 
Station 2038, N. lat. 38° 30’ 30”, W. long. 69° 08’ 25”, in 2033 
fathoms. One specimen. 
This species appears to be closely related to E. lucida, though the 
absence of the nucleus prevents a close comparison. It differs in 
the greater convexity of the whorls, in the more oblique and more 
impressed suture, the longer body-whorl, more produced anteriorly, 
and the narrower and more elongated aperture, which is more effuse 
anteriorly. From /. charissa it differs still more decidedly in most 
of these characters, and the latter is also a smaller and much more 
slender species, with more numerous whorls. 
