198 AURICULID^. 



^). 337) is apparently derived from Donovan; if so, (he "bod// 

 lip luith two folds,''' is a misprint for " three" 



CARYCHIUM. MuLLER. 



Shell spiral, oblong, cylindrical, thin, with a nioderately 

 tnrreted spire ; aperture oblong, subcontracted, toothed ; 

 peristome thickened. No operculum. 



Animal with two cylindrical obtuse tentacles, with eyes 

 at their internal bases. 



The species of this genus are exceedingly minute. 



C. AiiNiMUM, Midler. 



Plate CXXV. fig. 6. 



Canjchmm minimum, Muller, Verm. Ter. et Fluv. vol. ii. p. 12-5. — Jeffreys, 

 Trans. liinn. vol. xvi. p. 365. — Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 270. 

 — TuRT. Conch. Man. p. 96, f. 77; ed. Gray, p. 22], 

 pi. 7, f. 77. — Brown, Illust. Conch. G. B. p. 34, pi. 18, 

 f. 15, side figs. — Kiciix, Moll. Brabant, p. 51. — Sow. 

 Conch. Man. f. 301. — Cantr. Bull. Brux. vol. xiii. 

 p. 1 69. — RossM ASSL. Iconog. Land und Sussw. Moll, 

 pt. 10, f. 660. — KtJSTER, Conch. Cab. I. sec. 16, pi. 1, 

 f. 8, 9, 10, — Gras, Moll. Ter. et Fluv. France, p. 54, 

 pi. 4, f. 23. — Mermet, Moll. Pyrtn. p. B6. — Dupuv, 

 Moll. Gers, p. 44. 

 Turbo cari/cMum, Gmel. Syst. Nat. p. 3665. — Mont. Test. Brit. p. 339, pi. 22, 

 f. 2; Suppl. p. 132. — Maton and Rack. Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 vol. viii. p. 184.— Rack. Dorset Catalog, p. 52, pi. 19, f. 13. 

 — TuRE. Conch. Diction, p. 221. — Dillw. Recent Shells, 

 vol. ii. p. 880.— Wood, Index Test. pi. 32, f. 157. 

 Auricula minima, Drap. Moll. Ter. et Fluv. France, p. 57, pi. 3, f. 18, 19. — 

 Lam. Anim, s. Vert, (ed. Desh.) vol. viii. p. 330. — Nils. 

 Moll. Suec. Ter. et Fluv. p. 55, — Philippi, Moll. Sicil. 

 vol. ii. p. 222. — Stein, Schnecken Berlins, pi. 2, f. 5. 

 Odostomia carycldum, Fleming, Edinb. Encycl. vol. vii. pt. 1, p. 7()'. 

 Auricella „ Hartmann, in Sturm Deutsch. Fauna, pt. 7, pi. 1. 



Walker and Boys, Test. Minut. Rariora, f. 51. 



Shell oblong, or elongated oblong, somewhat tapering 

 above, rather thin, transparent, and shining, of an uniform 



