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SUCCINETD^E. 



Original description: " Testa elongate- ovata, sinistrorsa, albido 

 cornea ; epidermide tenui induta ; lineis elevatis, fuscis, sequidi- 

 stantibus,spiralibus ornata; interspatiis minute decussatis. Spira 

 valde exserta. Apex acutiusculus. Anfractus 2|, approxiniati, 

 attingentes ; ultimus pone aperturam omnino solutus. Apertura 

 subobliqua, ovalis, superne subcomplanata. Peristonia continuum, 

 integrum, fusco-marginatuin. 



"Alt. 4'5 mm.; diam. 2-3 mm. Apertura? alt. 3'5, lat. 

 1-7 mm." (H. F. BlanforcL} 



Hob. India: Nazirpur, Mymensing Prov., Dacca (Godivin- 

 Austen}. 



, "It is not with entire confidence that (not having seen the 

 animal) I attribute this species to the genus Camptoceras, since 

 it differs from the typical species in having the whorls contiguous, 

 except behind the peristome. Tn most specimens that I have 

 examined, little more than the peristome is free, but in one or 



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Fig. 144. Camptoceras llneatum. 

 (Copied from J. A. S. B.) 



two, at least a quarter of the last whorl is not in contact with the 

 penultimate whorl, as may be seen if the shell be held up to the 

 light or over a sheet of white paper in a proper position. The 

 character of the peristome and of the shell surface closely 

 resemble those of the more typical species of Camptoceras, and 

 that the habits of the animal are similar may be inferred from its 

 association with the preceding species [(7. austeni]. As far as can 

 be judged, therefore, the evidence is preponderant in favour of 

 this generic alliance I have adopted. Perhaps it may not be 

 irrelevant to add that no species of Pliysa has yet been discovered 

 in India " (H. F. Blanford.} 



Two shells from the original locality, in the Godwin-Austen 

 collection (British Museum), are marked " type." One of these 

 shows the remains of an epiphragm. Three other shells only 



