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LIMNEA RUGOSA, Val. 



PLATE 3. FIG. 4 5. 



L. "testa ovato-conica, tenui, alba, tsenia fulva obsoleta 

 ornata; anfractibus rugis plurimis exaratis." Valenc. 



SYNONYMS AND REFERENCES. 



LYMNEA RUGOSA, VALENCIENNES. Receuil d'Obs. de 

 Zoologie, etc., par Humboldt et Bonpland, vol. ii. p. 

 250, pi. Ivi. fig. 5, a, b. An. 1833. 



DESCRIPTION. 



SHELL ovate-conic, thin, composed of six 

 convex whirls, upon the later ones of which, 

 the lines of accretion are very coarse: aperture 

 elliptic, longer than the spire, columella reflect- 

 ed upon the last whirl, so as to form a small 

 umbilic. 



COLOR white, with a transverse spiral fulvous 

 band. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. Mexico. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



This species was discovered by M. Bonpland 

 in Mexico. My figures and description are 

 taken from the work cited. 



