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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW PHASIANELLA {P. TOM LIN I) FROM 

 WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 



By J. H. Gatliff and C. J. Gabriel. 



Bead Uth March., 1921. 

 PlIASIANELLA TOMLINI, n.Sp. 



Shell small, relatively solid, turbinate ; of four whorls, including 

 the smooth protoconch of about one and a half whorls, thence they 

 are spirally ridged, ridges flatly rounded, between them linear 

 grooves, which are finely obliquely striate, giving a punctate 

 apjDearance. Colour varying from brown to pink radial maculations 

 on a white or pink tinted background, the maculations are mostly 

 divided into radial lines. Aperture round. An umbilical chink is 

 caused by the thickening of the columella. 



Fig. ]. — Phasianella tomlini. 

 „ 2. — Apex of same. 

 „ 3. — Sculjrture of grooves on body whorl. 



Dimensions : — 5'8 x 4"6 mm. 



Hob. — West Australia. 



Observations. — As is usual in the genus the colour pattern varies 

 greatly. The umbilical chink is not always present. In general 

 habit it is comparable with P. hicarinata, Dunker. 



Type in J. H. Gatlifi's collection, and paratypes given to the 

 British Museum. 



