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224. Achatinella minuscula Pfeiffer. 



A. minuscula Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1S55, p. 4. pi. xxx, fig 14. 



T. subimperforata, sinistrorsa, ovato-turrita, tenuiuscula, sublente mi- 

 nute decussata, vix nitidula, fuscescenti-albida; spira turrito-conica, apice 

 obtusiuscula ; sutura simplex; anfr. 5 vix convexiusculi, mediani fusco- 

 variegati, ultimus spira paulo brevior, fascia fusca circumdatus et basi 

 rotundata fusco-areolatus; columella vix plicata; apertura parum obliqua, 

 semiovalis; perist. simplex, acutum, margine columellari superne dilatato, 

 reflexo. Long. 10, diam. 5 mill.; ap. 4 1-2 mill., longa, 2 2-3 lata. 



Shell subimperf orate, sinistral, ovate-turreted, quite thin, un- 

 der a lens minutely decussated, hardly shining, brownish-whitish; 

 spire turreted-eonieal, apex somewhat obtuse ; suture simple; 

 whorls 5, scarcely convex, the middle variegated with brown, last 

 a little shorter than the spire, encircled by a brown band, base 

 rotundate, brown-areolate ; columella scarcely plicate ; aperture 

 hardly oblique, semioval; lip simple, acute, margin of the colu- 

 mella dilated above, reflexed. 



Hab. Lahaina. — Bald. 



