CHIMOTKEMA. 107 



CHAMOSTE^A. De Roissy. CLEiDOTHiEBUS. Stutch. 



CHAR TBS. Moutf. A genus of Biicroscopie Poraminifera. 



CHELIBS. Montf. A genus of microscopic Foraminifera. 



CHELIDONUEA. Adans. Sowerby's Thesaurus, 1850. A sub- 

 genus of Bullidse, the shell of which is thus described, " hid in 

 the thickness of the mantle, thin, very open, scarcely spiral, with 

 the right border ending in a point." 



CHELINOTUS. Swainson. A genus of " Haliotid^," Sw. 

 including Velutina, Lam. a species of Sigaretus from Tonga, and 

 Coriocella, Bl. Thus described, " Animal cheloniform, broad ; 

 depressed ; the mantle larger than the shell, lobed in front ; 

 tentacula two, short, obtuse ; eyes basal ; mouth circular ; shell 

 ear-shaped, thin, fragile, imperforate ; pillar none." 



CHELONOBIA. Leach. Cokokula Testudinaria, Auct. PL i. 

 fig. 15. 



CHEMNITZIA, D'Orbigny. A genus of small transparent shells, 

 resembling Scalarise in some respects, but without varices. C- 

 varicula. PI. ssviii. fig. 585. 



CHEESINA. Humph. Part of Achatisa, Lam. 



CHICOEEUS. Montf. 1810. A generic division of the genus 

 MuEEX, consisting of such species as have three ramified varices. 

 Ex. M. inflatus, fig. 395. 



CHILINA. Gray. Fam. Auriculacea, Bl. Colimacea, Lam. — 

 Bescr. Oval, thin, covered with an oHve green epidermis ; spire 

 rather short, consisting of few whorls ; aperture large, oval, 

 romided anteriorly ; outer lip thin, joining the inner lip without 

 a sinus ; inner lip spread over part of the body whorl, termi- 

 nating in a thick columella with on^ or two folds.— Obs. These 

 shells difier from the true Auriculae in the thinness of the outer 

 lip. C. Dombeyana (Auricula Dombeyana, Auct.) Eig. 300. The 

 illustrated catalogue published by the author (Sow. Conch, illustr. 

 parts 135, 136) contains 13 species. Rivers of South America. 

 PI. xiv. fig. 300. 



CHILOTEEMA. Leach, 1819. A sub-genus of Helix, con- 

 taining Helix lapicida. Auct. Gray, Turton, j). 4i0. 



CHIMOTEEMA. — ? Belongs to Helix. 



