PLATE CXLIV 



NERITA NiTIDA. 



GLOSSY NERIT. 



GENER.IC CHARACTER. 



Animal Limax. Shell univalve, spiral, gibbous, and rather flat 

 beneath : aperture serai-orbicular, or semi-lunar : pillar lip transverse 

 truncated and flattish. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Shell smooth, white, and glossy : spire rather pointed : umbilicus 



half closed. 



Nerita Nitida testa IjevI nivea nitida : spira sub-mucronata um- 

 bilico semi-clauso. 



Among the reserved shells intended by Da Costa for a second edi- 

 tion of his Conchology, we find two specimens of this species of 

 Nerita, with a MS. memorandum, importing that he had received 

 one of them from Mr. Church, and that the other was in his posses- 

 sion before. On this vague authority, we did not think it incumbent 

 to Insert the shell in the present Work, especially since its habitat was 



