GRANOPUPA. 335 



Subgenus GRANOPUPA Boettger. 



Shell small, cylindric or somewhat conic, with 7 or 8 im- 

 mersed but not deeply entering teeth arranged as in Abida 

 and Chondrina; the angular, spiral and subcolumellar lamellae 

 and suprapalatal and basal plicae are small or often wanting, 

 the parietal and lower palatal being the largest teeth. Colu- 

 mellar axis slender. Type Pupa, granum Drap. 



Distribution : Mediterranean region and east to Persia ; 

 Canary Islands. Living at roots of grass and under stones. 



In proposing Granopupa as a genus, Dr. Boettger did not 

 define it, but remarked that the little group of P. granum is so 

 different from TorquUla in size, structure of the mouth and 

 apertural folds, and especially in habits, that it must be elimi- 

 nated from that genus; its peculiar geographic distribution 

 alone sufficiently demonstrates its broad distinction from the 

 true Torquillas. 



1. GRANOPUPA GRANUM (Drap.). PL 47, figs. 3, 12. 



The shell is rimate, cylindric, the upper third tapering to 

 the obtuse apex, of a cinnamon color, fading at the summit; 

 delicately, rather closely rib-striate. Whorls convex, the last 

 rounded beneath, not ascending in front. Aperture truncate- 

 oval, with 1-2-4 teeth. Parietal lamella high, rather short, 

 deeply placed; columellar and subcolumellar lamellae small, 

 short, deep within; lower palatal plica rather long, high in 

 the middle, the upper palatal, suprapalatal and basal smaller ; 

 all remote from the peristome. Peristome thin, the columellar 

 margin dilated, other margins scarcely expanded. 



Length 4.5, diam. 1.6 mm. ; iy 2 whorls. 



Length 4.8, diam. 1.7 mm. ; 7!/2 whorls. 



Length 3.5, diam. 1.5 mm. ; G 1 /^ whorls. 



Throughout southern Europe from Portugal eastward, 

 north to Switzerland ; Sicily, Malta and the islands of Greece. 

 Asia Minor, Caucasus, Transcaspian Territory and northern 

 Persia ; Arabia. North Africa from Tunis to Morocco ; Canary 

 Islands. Lives at the roots of shrubs and grass and under 

 stones. 



Pupa granum DRAPARNAUD, Tabl., 1801, p. 59 ; Hist. Moll. 



