EULIMELLA. 309 



E. SciLLj^, Scacchi. 



Subulate, not very slender, not truly perforated ; whorls nine 

 or ten, short, flattened ; body about one-fourth of the total length, 

 more or less angular at the periphery ; mouth not much more 

 than a fifth of the ventral length, subquadrate. 



Plate XCVIII. fig. 5, G, and (Animal) Plato F. F. fig. 7. 



Eulima crassula, Jeffreys, Malac. and Conch. Mag. pt. 1, p. 34 (no description). 



„ Scillce, Philippi, Moll. Sicil. vol. ii. p. 135, pi. 24, f. 6 (as of Scacchi). 



„ UPAndrcBi, Forbes, Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. xiv. p. 412, pi. 10, f. 2. 

 Turbonilla ScillcB, Loven, Index Moll. Scandin. p. 18 (from specimens). 

 Eulimella crasstda, Jeffreys, Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. xix. p. 311 (a name only). 

 Odosiomia Scillce, Jeffreys, Ann. Nat. Hist, new ser, vol. ii. p. 349 (no de- 

 scription). 

 Chemnitzia APAndrcei, Alder, Moll, Northumb. and Durh. p. 50. 



The shell is of a rather slender turreted shape, not particu- 

 larly thin, perfectly smooth, very slightly translucent, and of 

 an uniform polished porcelain white. Its spire, which tapers 

 to a rather obtuse point, is composed of about nine volu- 

 tions besides the heterostrophe apex, and is divided by a 

 profound and scarcely slanting suture. The whorls, whose 

 longitudinal increase is rather slow, are short (that is to 

 say, only about half as high as they are broad), and, ex- 

 cept one or two of the earlier ones, so flattened that their 

 slant is almost uninterrupted throughout the shell : never- 

 theless, a slight swell is occasionally apparent near the 

 base of the last turn or two. The body, which occupies 

 about a quarter of the length of the shell, and is about 

 equal in length and breadth, is subangulated at the com- 

 mencement of its extremely abrupt, yet convex, basal de- 

 clination. The mouth does not much exceed a fifth of 

 the total length, and is destitute of any sculpture whatso- 

 ever. It is acutely contracted posteriorly, but its general 

 shape is subquadrate, as the long and straight pillar, forms 

 rather more than a right angle with the convex but almost 



