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greenish periostraca; whorls eight, convexly depressed, wrinkled, 

 granulated above ; columella scarcely callous, thick and two- 

 plaited at its lower part ; aperture elongate, oblique, as long as 

 the spire, bluish within; lip thickened, white, slightly re- 

 flexed posteriorly. Length 84, breadth 38 mill. (Pet.) 



Auricula Scheepmakeri, Petit in Journ. Conch, i. 1850, p. 405. 



Pfr. Si/n. Auric, n. 126 ; Mori. Auric, p. 128. 

 Ellobium Scheepmakeri, H. and A. Adams in Proc. Z. 8. 1854, 



Eliobium Sheepmakeri, H. and A. Adams, Gen. rcc. Moll. ii. p. 238. 

 Hob. Isle of Sumatra. 



5. Auricula Morchi. 



Shell imperforate, ovate-elliptical, solid, heavy, white, covered 

 with a brownish-olivaceous periostraca; spire short, with the 

 apex for the most part eroded ; suture irregular ; whorls about 

 seven, scarcely convex, granulated near the suture, which is 

 slightly bordered, last whorl obliquely descending anteriorly, 

 forming about three-fifths of the total length, slightly striated, 

 and very minutely decussated, inflated above, attenuated at 

 base ; aperture perpendicular, narrow, slightly angulated at 

 both extremities, bluish within; parietal plait single, placed 

 near the columella, sharp, compressed, slightly ascending; 

 columellar plait smaller, somewhat twisted, nearly perpendi- 

 cular; peristome straight, thickened within, pale fulvous, with 

 the margins united by a thin, shining deposit. Length 40, 

 greatest breadth 22 mill. 



Auricula Morchi, Menke in Zeitschr. f. Malak. 1853, p. 124. 



Pfr. Syn. Auric, n. 127; Novit. Conch, i. p. 3. n.5. t. 2. f. 1,2; 

 Man. Auric, p. 128. 

 Ellobium Morchi, II and A. Adams, Gen. rec. Moll. ii. p. 237. 



Hab. Java? (Goldfuss.) 



6. Auricula turrita. 



Shell imperforate, oblong-turrited, solid, granularly decus- 

 sated by longitudinal and transverse striae, white, covered with 

 a brownish, rather shining periostraca; spire elongate, with the 

 apex rather blunt, often eroded ; whorls seven, inflated near the 

 suture, increasing rapidly, the last as long as the spire, slightly 

 attenuated at base ; aperture narrow, acuminately ovate, milk- 

 white within ; parietal plaits two, the upper knot-shaped ante- 

 riorly, attenuated inwards, the other obliquely produced out- 

 wards ; columellar plait doubled, scarcely oblique ; peristome 



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