284 ACHATINA §. 8. 



Forma juvenilis: 

 Physa scaturiginum Drap. p. 56. t. 3. f. 14. 15. 

 Vediantius eristalius Risso hist. IV. p. 82. N. 183. t. 3. f. 24. 

 Habitat in Gallia meridionali, Lusitania, Italia, Sicilia; in Africa 

 boreali (Algeria, Oran, Constantine etc.: Terver). 



■ , > 112. A. gracilis (Helix) Lowe. i* . ■ V i./ 



V . T, elongato-obovata, gracilis, tenuis, vitrea, nitida, laevis^ 

 imperforata; spira subattenuata , obtusa, dimidium testae exce- 

 dens; anfr. 5 planiusculi; sutura obsoletiuscula; apertura obovata, 

 edentula; columella lata, expansa, vix truncata, in labrum tenue, 

 submarginatum attenuata. — Long. 2, diam. 1 lin. (L.) ^^ 



Helix gracilis (Cochlicopa) Lowe Faun. Mader. p. 61. t. 6. f. 28. 

 Habitat in monte « Pico Branco » insulae Portosancto. 

 Obs. An varielas praecedentis? 



the/'/o-^'^'^'^-^' ^< ?tt8v-A. nitidissima CBulimus) Krynicki. + ^rfrr^^^p^yp^ 



T. ovato-oblonga, acuminata, imperforata, solidula, pellu- 

 cida, glaberrima, nitidissima, flavescenti-cornea ; anfr. 6 planius- 

 culi, suturis superficialibus duplicatis; apertura elongata , angu- 

 lata, antice obtusa; columeila labro duplo brevior, subcontorta; 

 perist. siraplex, albescens. — Alt. 4^2, diam. 1 /4'". (Kr.) 

 Bulimus nitidissimus Kryn. in Bull. Mosc. VI. (1833.) p. 420. 

 Achatina nitidissima Pfr. Symb. II. p. 134. 

 Habitat in Tauria. 



Obs. An eadem species ac Ach. foUiculus? 



114. A. lUtidissima Porbesr ^rj^i^^^^iMi^j/fp^^rt^"" 



1. cylmdracea, pellucida, laevissima, mtidissima, corneo- 

 lutescens; apertura oblonga; anfr. 5, ultimus major; apex obtusus. 



— Long. VA fF.)-^ 



Achatina nitidissima Forbes in Jard. Ann. IL (1838.) p. 250. 



— — Wiegm. Arch. 1839. n. p. 223. 



Glandina nitidissima Kilster t. 18. f. 20. 21. 

 Habitat in Algeria. 



=^H-5r-A. suturalis Pfr* /' 



T. ovata, virenti-cornea, tenuis, pellucida, nitida; spira co- 

 nica , acutiuscula ; sulura profunda , rufa vel nigricans ; anfr. 572 

 convexi, uUimus */- longitudinis subaequans; columella subrecta, 

 alba, ad basin aperturae oblongo-acuminatae oblique vix trun- 

 cata; perist. acutum, margine dextro medio sinuato. — Long. 10 '/2, 



