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2. Glandina parallela, W. G. Binney. 



Plate 1, figure 3. 



Oval-cylindrical, very solid, with numerous delicate strioe ; 

 spire elevated, obtuse, suture moderate ; whorls 6-7, convex ; 

 body with straight parallel sides. White. 



Length 56, diam. 20 mill. 



Louisiana. 



3. Glandina Texasiana, Pfeiffer. 



Plate 1, figure 4. 



Oblong, elongated, narrow, striate, shining, pellucid ; spire 

 convexly conical, obtuse, suture pallid, minutely crenulate; 

 whorls 6, slightly convex ; body longer than spire, attenuated 

 at base ; mouth half the total length, narrow, labrum flatly 

 rounded, columella perpendicular, or generally arcuate. Yel- 

 lowish rose color. 



Length 29, diam. 105 mill. 



Texas. 



Narrower, smaller, and proportionally more solid than No. 1. 



+f Inflated oval, spire short. 



4. Glandina bullata, Gould. 



Plate 1, figure 5. 



Ovate, ventricose, finely striate, very thin, transparent; spire 

 short, obtuse, suture lightly impressed ; whorls 5, slightly con- 

 vex ; body comprising seven-eighths of the shell ; aperture two- 

 thirds the total length, lunate, labrum rounded, columella 

 arcuate, Very pale horn color. 



Length 37, diam. 20 mill. 



Louisiana. 



** Transversely striate, decussated by revolving lines. 

 5. Glandina Vanuxeraii, Lea. 



Plate 1, figure 6, 



Ovate-fusiform, thin, fragile, translucent; spire moderate, 



obtuse, apex mamillary, suture crenulated; whorls 7-8, slightly 



convex ; body large, convex, a little inflated ; aperture half the 



length of the shell, nearly three times as long as broad, colu- 



