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Generally known as Auriculina, Gray, 1847, a name pre- 

 occupied by Grateloup, 1838. 



Section DOLIELLA, Monts., 1880. 



Shell Doliiform, smooth, apex immersed ; peristome con- 

 tinuous ; columellar tooth feeble. 0. NITENS, Jeffreys. 



Section AURISTOMTA, Monts., 1884. 



Shell smooth, aperture large, auriculate. 0. ERJAVECIANA, 

 Brusina. 



Section EVALEA, A. Adams, 1860. 



Shell ventricose, spirally ornamented ; columella plicate. 

 0. ELEGANS, A. Adams. Odetta, Folin, 1870, is a synonym. 



Section POLYSPIRELLA, Carpenter, 1861. 



Whorls with spiral ribs, the interstices thinly clathrate, colu- 

 mella scarcely folded. 0. TRACHEALIS, Gould. 



Section PYRGULINA, A. Adams, 1863. 



Conoidal, longitudinally ribbed, crossed by spiral striae, colu- 

 mella feebly plicate. 0. DECUSSATA, Montagu. The synonyms 

 are Parthenia, Lowe (in part) ; Ncemia, Folin, 1870 ; Parthenina, 

 Buc., Dantz. et Dollf., 1883. 



Section ODOSTOMTELLA, Buc., Dautz., Dollf., 1883. 



Shell pupoidal, longitudinally ribbed ; columella plicate. 

 0. DOLIOLUM, Phil. 



Section ELODIA, Folin, 1870. 



Shell conical, longitudinally ribbed ; columella plicate. O.IIoR- 

 TENST^E, Nansouty. 



Section SPIROCLIMAX, Mb'rch, 1874. 



Shell subcylindrical ; whorls scalariform ; aperture somewhat 

 ear-shaped, lip sigmoid ; columella scarcely plicate. 0. SCALARIS, 

 March. 



Section MIRALDA, A. Ad., 1863. 



Solid, ovate or elongated; whorls flat, plicate posterior^, 

 spirally lirate anteriorly ; lip subangulate behind, margin crenate. 

 0. DIADEMA, A. Ad. Several Japanese species. 



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