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VALVATA PUPOIDEA, Gould. 



PLATE 1. FIG. 



V. test^ minima, conica, elongata, anfractibus 4 5 

 cylindraceis, ultimo a precedente disjuncto. 



SYNONYMS AND REFERENCES. 



VALVATA PUPOIDEA, GOULD. Invert, of Mass., p. 226, 

 fig. 155. 



DESCRIPTION. 



ANIMAL "very active; head proboscidiform, 

 half as long as the tentacles, bi-lobed in front, 

 dark, terminated with light; tentacles rather 

 stout, light drab-colored, with a line of silvery 

 dots on the upper side, over the large, black 

 eyes; foot tongue-shaped, as long as the first 

 whorl, dilated into two acute angles in front, 

 light drab-color; respiratory organ occasionally 

 protruded to half the length of a tentacle on 

 the right side. 



SHELL "small, elongated-ovate, opake, ches- 



