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species. Westerlund's account, which I have used above, 

 seems to have been taken mainly from Kuester s article of 1870, 

 which was the first critical discussion of the species. 



Var. gredleri Kuester. Shell ovate-fusiform, slender, thin, 

 polished, whitish, the spire rather acute, whorls a little convex, 

 joined by a margined suture, the last more than half the total 

 length. Aperture narrow, lanceolate ; peristome unexpanded 

 acute, arching forward. Columella short, slightly arcuate, 

 obliquely truncate, margins joined by a callus. Length 5.5, 

 diam. scarcely 2 mm. (Acicula gredleri Kuester, Neunter Ber. 

 Nat. Ges. Bamberg, 1870, p. 94). 



"One might say that this species represents a shortened, 

 widened aciculoides, just as veneta seems to be a derivative of 

 acicula. The slender shell is fusiform, but the greatest width is 

 below the middle." The types were found at Trient with A. 

 veneta by Professor Gredler. One example was found by Dr. 

 Kuester at Triest. 



14. C. ACICULOIDES ('Jan' de Betta). PI. 2, fig. 25. 



Shell minute, fusiforrn-cylindric, acicular, the apex attenuate, 

 obtuse, hyaline, glossy, white or gray. Whorls nearly flat; 

 suture very narrowly margined; columella arcuate, the base 

 narrowly truncate. Aperture ovate-oblong, lanceolate, very 

 narrow; peristome simple, unexpanded, acute. Length 8.5 to 

 4, diam. 1 to 1.25 mm.; whorls 6 (de Betta, 1852). 



Northern Italy: valley of the Non; near Fondo and in the 

 valley of S. Romedio, in crevices of the earth and limestone 

 (de Betta); Triest (Kuester). 



Columna aciculoides CRISTOFORI et JAN, Catalogus, Mantissa 

 p. 2 (1832). Achatina aciculoides Jan, DE BETTA, Malacologia 

 terr. e fluv. della Valle di Non, nel Tirolo Italiano (Verona, 

 1852), p. 75, fig. Ill a, b; Catalogo del Moll. terr. e fluv. 

 viventi nelle prov. Venete (Verona 1855), p. 57. KUESTER, 

 Neunter Bericht der naturforschenden Ges. zu Bamberg, 1869- 

 70, p. 91. Cionella (Cadi) a., WESTERLUND, Fauna, p. 177. 



From the notably higher, almost awl-shaped acicula this 

 species differs by the entirely different, rather fusiform, cylin- 

 dric shape, the much higher last whorl, half the total alt,, and 



