GLESSULA. 387 



semiovali, latiuscula, columella subrecta, vix curvata, basi oblique 

 truncata, peristomate recto, acuto. 



" Long. 33, diani. 17 mill. ; apert. 15 mill, longa, 9 lata." 

 (Benson.) 



Hob. India : Midnapore, Balasore, and C attack, prov. Orissa 

 (Theobald)-, Ganjam and Eaneegunge (Ball, Stoliczka), Paresnath 

 Hills, W. Bengal (Annandale) ; Orissa and Ganjam districts, 

 E. Madras (Beddome). 



354. Glessula huegeli, Pfeiffer. 



Achatina hilgeli, Pf eiff er, Syinb. Hist. Helic.ii, 1842, p. 58 ; Philippi, 



Abb. Beschr. Conchyl. i, 1844, p. 135, Glandina, pi. 1, fig. 8 ; 



Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. Viv. ii, 1848, p. 259 ; Reeve, Conch. Icon. 



v, 1849, Achatina, pi. 15, fig. 68 ; Pfeiffer, Coiich.-Cab., Bulimus, 



1860, p. 334, pi. 29, figs. 2, 3. 

 Achatina (Archachatina) hngelii, Albers, Die Heliceen, 1850, 



p. 190. 



Oleacina (Electro) hugeli, Adams, Gen. Rec. Moll. ii. 1855, p. 105. 

 Achatina (Electro) hugeli, Pfeifter, Malak. Blatt. ii, 1856, p. 168 : 



Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1874, p. 33, pi. 78, fig. 2. 

 Glessula hiigeli, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nornencl. Helic. Viv. 1881, 



p. 331 ; Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, p. 162 ; 



Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 91, pi. 9, figs. 13, 14. 



Original desertion : " T. ovato-turrita, pallide cornea, longi- 

 tudinaliter striata, nitida, fragili ; spira elongata, apice obtusius- 

 cula; sutura profunda ; anfr. 10-11 planiusculis, ultimo f- longi- 

 tudinis subaequante; apertura oblongo-elliptica; columella valde 

 arcuata ; perisfc. simplice, acuto. 



" Long, 37, diam. 13 mill." (Pfaffer.) 



Hob. India : Kashmir (von HugeT). 



When first described its origin was unknown. Kashmir was 

 first given as its habitat by Hanley and Theobald. The species 

 is allied to G. cliessoni, but it is more solid in texture. The 

 Cuming collection contains three specimens from Kashmir, with 

 a label in Pfeiffer's handwriting. 



355. Glessula burrailensis, Godwin-Austen. 



Glessula burrailensis, Godwin- Austen, J. A. S. B. xliv, 1875. p. 3, 

 pi. 1, tig. 6 ; Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 1881, 

 p. 329 ; Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, p. 163 ; 

 Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 92, pi. 7, figs. 9, 10. 



Achatina burrailensis, Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. Viv. viii, 1877, p. 277. 



Original description : " Shell turreted elongate, solid, in fresh 

 state brown and lustrous, finely longitudinally striated ; whorls 10, 

 rather flat, suture shallow, apex blunt ; aperture subvertical, 

 fusiform, angular above, peristome very thick, paler brown on 

 margin, columella strong. 



" Alt. 1-37 [=34-75 mm.], major diam. 0'4 inch [ = 10 mm.]." 

 (Godwin- Austen.) 



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