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Prostate long, narrowly cylindrical, with slightly bulbous ter- 

 mination; penis thick, about half as long as penis-sac; lateral teeth 

 tricuspid ; shell succineiform, axis slightly gyrate. 



Genus PSEUDOSUCCINEA Baker. 



Prostate short, pear-shaped when viewed laterally; penis very 

 slender, longer than penis-sac; first lateral tooth tricuspid, balance 

 bicuspid ; shell with depressed spire and large body whorl, the axis 

 gyrate. 



Genus RADIX Montfort. 



Prostate very large, irregularly elongate-ovate ; penis very large, 

 one-fourth longer than penis-sac, gradually enlarging in diameter 

 toward the distal end; lateral teeth tricuspid; shell large, bulimiform, 

 highly colored, axis twisted, with a sharp fold. 



Genus BULIMNEA Haldeman. 



Prostate large, flatly cylindrical; penis thick, about four-sevenths 

 the length of penis-sac; lateral teeth bicuspid; the mesocone with a 

 distinct entoconic swelling; shell very slender, the apical whorls much 

 longer than wide, the whorls very flat-sided; axis gyrate. 



Genus ACELLA Haldeman. 



Prostate very large, long-ovate or elongate-pyrif orm ; penis shorter 

 than penis-sac, usually very thick. 



Genus GALBA Schrank. 



a. Prostate long-ovate; penis a trifle shorter than penis-sac, 

 of narrow diameter; lateral teeth bicuspid; shell small, usually 

 without spiral sculpture and with a flat, expanded inner lip, 

 without a fold on the columella, the axis being hour-gla-ss shaped. 



Subgenus GALBA Schrank. 



b. Genitalia as in (a) ; lateral teeth tricuspid; shell usually 

 small, without strong spiral sculpture; axis as in (a) ; inner lip 

 not typically expanded as in (a). 



Subgenus SIMPSONIA Baker. 



c. Prostate elongate-pyriform ; penis from three- fourths to 

 four-fifths the length of penis-sac, very thick; lateral teeth bicus- 

 pid ; shell large, with marked spiral sculpture, the columella 

 strongly plicate. 



Subgenus STAGNICOLA Swainson. 



d. Shell elongated with cylindrical whorls ; details of animal 

 not recorded. 



Subgenus LEPTOLIMN^A Swainson. 



