142 MALACOZOA. GASTEROPODA. PECTINIBRANCHIATA. 



ovate, anteriorly rounded, snbangulate, narrowed behind ; the 

 peristome rather thick, reflexed on the columella for a short 

 space, leaving a slight groove. Length four-twelfths of an 

 inch, breadth about a fourth of the length. 



First found by Mr. Davidson in the Spring of 1 842, adher- 

 ing to an Actinia from deep water, off Aberdeen. Rather 

 thick, dull white ; said when recent to be glossy, with a brown 

 epidermis. 



Turbo elegantissimus. Mont. Test. Brit. 298. PI. 10. f. 2.— Tur- 

 ritella elegantissima. Flem. Brit. Anini. 303. 



2. Eulima nitidissima. Round-whorled Eulima. 



Shell very elongated-turrite, tapering to a somewhat obtuse 

 point, of about nine very convex, smooth, glossy turns, sepa- 

 rated by a distinct suture ; aperture subovate, with the outer 

 lip thickened; the colour pale brown. Length an eighth of an 

 inch, breadth a fourth of the height. 



Found by Miss Macgillivray in shell sand, from the Bay of 

 Cruden, sent by Mr. Alexander Murray, in November, 1842. 



Turbo nitidissimus. Mont. Test. Brit. 299. PI. 12. f. 1.— Turri- 

 tella nitidissima. Flern. Brit. Anim. 304. 



3. Eulima polita. Polished Eulima. 



Shell very elongated-turrite, slender, tapering to a fine 

 point ; of about ten almost quite flat, smooth, semitransparent, 

 exquisitely glossy turns ; the suture scarcely perceptible ; the 

 aperture oblongo-acuminate, being very narrow behind, the 

 outer lip slightly thickened, the inner reflexed ; the colour 

 white. Length three-twelfths of an inch, breadth a fourth of 

 the length. 



Found plentifully by Miss Macgillivray and myself, among 

 shell sand, from the Bay of Cruden, sent by Mr. Alexander 

 Murray, in November, 1842; one specimen curved. 



Helix polita. Mont. Test. Brit. 398. — Phasianella polita. Flem. 

 Brit. Anim. 301.— Turbo politus. Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. 3612. — 

 Turbo laevis. Perm. Brit. Zool. iv. 130. PI. 29. uppermost figure? 

 — Eulima polita. Desh. Lamk. Syst. 2d. Ed. viii. 453. 



4. Eulima suhuldta. Banded Eulima. 



Shell very elongated-turrite, slender, tapering to a fine 

 point ; of about ten, flat, smooth, semitransparent, very glossy 

 turns, which are very slightly concave toward the somewhat 

 distinct but very slender suture ; the aperture oblong, very 



