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JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOai 



YoL. I. OCTOBER 1, 1865. No. 4. 



DESCRIPTIONS OP NEW SPECIES OP PHANERO- 

 PNEUMONA, INHABITING POLYNESIA. 



BY WILLIAM HARPER PEASE. 



1. Realia ochrostoma, Pease. 



Description. — T. ovata, solida, glabra, flavida vel pallid^ rosea, 

 vix perforata; anfr. 5, convexo-rotundatis, ultimo spira paulo 

 breviore, sutura bene impressa,- apertura obliqud ovata, intus 

 lutea; perist. continuo, anfr. penultimo adnato; sutura um- 

 bilicaris, parva, angusta. 



Dimensions. — Long. 5, diara. 2J mill. 



Shell ovate, solid, smooth, pale yellow or flesh-color; 

 whorls five, convexly rounded, the last rather less than one- 

 half the length of the shell; suture well impressed; aperture 

 obliquely-ovate, bright orange within ; lip continuous, attached 

 to the penultimate whorl a short distance; compressly um- 

 bilicate; umbilical channel small, narrowr 



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