338 CLAUSILIID^!. 



Cab., Clausilia, 1850, p. 101, pi. 11, figs. 12-16 ; Blanford, J. A. 



S. B. xli, 1872, p. 199, pi. 9, tig. 1 ; Stoliczka, torn. cit. p. 207 ; 



Sowerby, Conch. Icon, xx, 1875, Clausilia, pi. 2, fig. 18^ 



Theobald, J. A. S. B. xlvii, 1878, p. 146 ; ibid., op. cit. 1, 1881, 



p. 48. 



Clausilia (Phaedusa) cylindrica, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 185. 

 Clausilia (Phaedusa (Cylindrophaedusa)) cylindrica, Boettger, Ber. 



Offenbacher Ver. Naturw. 1878, Mitt. p. 57 ; Pfeiffer & Clessin, 



Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 1881, p. 393. 

 Clausilia elegans (Hutton MS.) Pfeiffer, Zeit. Malak. vi, 1849, 



p. 95 (as synonym of C. cylindrica). 



" T. subrimata, adulta plerumque truncata, subcylindrica, 

 oblique striata, nitide cornea vel rufescens ; sutura submargiuata ; 

 anfr. superst. 6-7 subaequales, ultimus antice costulato-striatus, 

 basi rotundatus ; apertura subverticalis, pyriformis ; lamellae 

 parvulae, conniventes, infera substricte ascendens, superne furcata; 

 lunella nulla ; plicae palatales 3 parallelae, suinma elongata, 

 reliquae breves, subcolumellaris inconspicua; perist. continuum,. 

 vix solutum, albidum, breviter reflexum. 



"Long, (trunc.) 13, diam. 3 millim. ; ap. 3 mm. longa, 2 lata." 

 (Pfeiffer, 1853.) 



Hob. India: Landour (Gray} ; Mussoorie (Beddome)-, Dharm- 

 sala, east of the Eavi (Theobald, 1878); Tandiani and Mari 

 [Murree], Punjab (Theobald, 1881) ; Murree (Stoliczka) ; Nairn Tal 

 and Simla (Stoliczka, Oldliam) ; Tezpur, Assam (Stoliczka). 



Fig. 117. Clausilia cylindrica. 



" The figure in the ' Conchologia Indica ' is that of a specimen 

 which, although adult, has retained its apex. This is a very rare- 

 occurrence. The figure now given represents the shell as it is 

 usually found. 



" Three palatal plaits, the upper elongate, are always present, 

 and beneath them there is occasionally to be found a rudi- 

 mentary lunella. The characters both of the shell and of the 

 internal plication differ widely from those of typical PTicedusa, in 

 which sub-genus I do not think that the present species can be 

 included. It stands by itself, and I am inclined to look upon it 

 as the type of a peculiar section." (Blanford.) 



The species seems to be fairly common since I have seen large 

 numbers in various collections. As mentioned by Blanford, the 

 shells are nearly always decollated. It is rather surprising that 

 in drawing attention to the specimen figured by Hariley & 

 Theobald he failed to notice that the figure in question does not 



