44 AUKICULrD^E. 



67. Melampus viola. 



Shell ovate-conical, dilated in the middle, perfectly smooth, 

 brownish-violaceous, marked sometimes with two reddish- 

 white bands ; spire short, conical ; whorls regular, the last 

 slightly keeled above, attenuated in front, marked anteriorly 

 with three or four striae of growth ; aperture elongated, narrow, 

 dilated in front, modified by three parietal and columellar 

 teeth; peristome rather simple, slightly angulated above, fur- 

 nished within with 4-7 small teeth. Length 12, breadth 7 mill. 

 (Less.) 



Auricula (Conovulus) viola, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, p. 342. n. 87. 

 Melampus viola, Pfr. Mon. Auric, p. 58. 



Hah. Island of Barabora. 



3. MAKLNULA, King. 



Shell imperforate, ovate-oblong, rather solid, nearly smooth ; 

 spire conic ; aperture wide, rather semiovate ; columellar lip 

 dilated, flattened or excavated ; two convergent parietal plaits ; 

 columellar plait smaller, oblique; peristome straight, rather 

 simple. 



Marinula, King hi Zool. Joum. v. p. 343. 



Gray in Synops. Br. Mus. 1842, p. 91 ; and Proc. Z. 8. 1847, 

 p. 179. 



H. and A. Adams in Proc. Z. S. 1854, p. 35. 



Pfr. Malak. SI. 1854, p. 148 ; Mon. Auric, p. 59. 



H. and A. Adams, Gen. rec. Moll. ii. p. 246. 

 Auricula, sp., Auct. 

 Ovatella, sp., Bivona. 

 Melampus, sp., Lowe. 

 Pythia, sp., Beck. 



Shell similar to that of Pedipes, more elongated, destitute of 

 spiral striae, and differing by the formation of the middle tooth. 

 Besides, the animal has not the transverse groove of the -foot, 

 which is an essential character of Pedipes. 



1. Marinula pepita. B.M. 



Shell imperforate, ovate-oblong, solid, slightly wrinkled, 

 brownish-green, scarcely shining; spire somewhat convexly 

 conical, rather blunt, sometimes eroded; suture linear, whitish ; 

 whorls five, scarcely convex, the last forming three-fifths of the 

 total length, with an impressed line below the suture, slightly 

 attenuated at base ; aperture scarcely oblique, semiovate, brown 



