Original Descriptions of Achatinella. i8i 



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335. Achatinella nucleola Gould. 



A. >nni,'olii Gould. P. Boston Soc, ii, 1S45, p. 2S. 



Testa solida, impcrforata, ovato-globosa, livido-castanea, apice pallida, 

 ad suturam ct antice albida; anfr. 6, postice subtabulatis; apertura rotundata, 

 labro simplici; coiuniella excavata, callo obtecto; plica parva. L,ono^. 9-20, 

 lat. 1-4 poll. 



Shell solid, imperforate, ov^ately globose, bluish chestnut, apex 

 pale, whitish antically and at the suture, postically somewhat flat; 

 aperture rotundate, lip simple; columella arcuate, covered with a 

 callus; fold small. 



Hab. Hanalei.— Bald. 



336. Achatinella brevis Pfeiffer. 



A. h>-n'ii Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1845, p. 90. 



Ach. testa ovata, brevi, solida, oblique striatula, nitida, f usca ; spira 

 conica, acutiuscula; anfractibus 6 convexiusculis, ultimo 1-3 longitudinis vix 

 superante, subgloboso; columella breviter arcuata, acute dentata; apertura 

 rotundato-lunari; peristomate simplice, albo. Long. 11, diam. 6 1-2 mill. 



Shell ovate, short, solid, obliquely striated, shining, brown; 

 spire conic, somewhat acute; w^horls 6, slightly convex, the last 

 slightly more than 1-3 of the length, subglobose; columella slightlj^ 

 arcuate, acuteh' dentate ; aperture rotundate-lunate ; lip simple, 

 white. 



Hab. Hanalei, 



Mr. Baldwin places this with A. miclcola Gld. 



337. Achatinella anthonii Newcomb. 



A. anlliDuii Newc. \\n. Jour. Conch., ii, iS66, p. 210, pi. xiii, fig. 2. 



vShell conically ovate, solid, blackish-brown, longitudinally 

 striate; whorls 6, inflated; suture moderately impressed; apex ob- 

 tuse ; aperture oblitiuely ovate, subangulate below ; lip simple, 

 thickened within; columella short, straight, with a somewhat cal- 

 lous plication below the middle; while banded below the suture, 

 and of a dirty white in the umbilical region. Length 15, diam. 

 10 mm.; ap. length 6, diam. 4 1-2 mm. 



Remarks. Excepting in size, and in being more ventricose, 

 this species makes a near approach to A. miclcola Gld. It is more 

 than quadruple the size of nucleola, and not acute at the summit, 

 by which it can at once be distinguished from that species, h'or 



