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XVII. CARYCHIUM. 



Shell spiral, conic : aperture toothed, lateral, com- 

 pressed, rather oblique and somewhat ear-shaped, 

 with both the ends rounded : the peritreme inter- 

 rupted, margined and obtuse : umbilicus none : 

 operculum none. 



77. CARYCHIUM minimum. Leach, Mollusc, p. 133. 



Auricula minima. Drap. p. 57. t. S.f. 18, 19. 

 Turbo Carychium. Mont. p. 339. t. 22. f. 2. 



Shell hardly the tenth of an inch long, conic, white 

 with a yellowish cast, transparent : spire composed 

 of five rounded volutions, very finely striate lon- 

 gitudinally, and ending rather obtusely : aperture 

 semioval or rather ear-shaped, rounded at both 

 the angles, with two teeth in the pillar, and some- 

 times a small one above the others ; the margin 

 thick, and in the middle of the outer lip a thick 

 tooth-like protuberance. 



On ead wood, and wet leaves. 



