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.Gyrineum ^iSS^^JiSiS > new 8 P" 

 PI. 2, fig. 1. 



Shell bucciniform, spire high, apex broken, whorls 

 two present; suture deeply impressed, whorls rounding out 

 below suture; varices prominent; two or three low rounded 

 nodes on angle of whorl between each two successive varices; 

 shell cancellated, marked by fourteen flat spiral lines on 

 outer lip, and twenty on the inner lip of body whorl; these 

 are crossed by numerous fine longitudinal lines; mouth 

 opening oval equal in height to half the total height of 

 restored shell J outer lip greatly thickened, spiral lines 

 showing on the inner surface of lip ; inner lip thinly en- 

 crusted, and showing spiral lines; canal short. 



This species appears to be close to Ranella mathewsoni , 

 ftabb. It differs from Gabb's figure in smaller size, slightly 

 more deeply impressed suture, and presence of nodes on angle. 



Altitude 28 mm.; width 20 mm.; thickness 14 mm.; mouth 

 opening height 1? mm., width 8 mm. 



