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iine sixth the length of the aperture; labrum pecti- 
^ nated by the revolving granulous lines ; columella spirally 
twisted ; canal less than half the length of the aperture, 
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Length, .45 inch ; breadth, .12 inch. 
This is the common size ; one specimen, however, is 
about six tenths of an inch in length. 
Inhabits New Bedford harbor. on the F paheren n 
and Nantucket ?. — - 
Cabinets of the Boston «nie of Natural (idis of 
Geo. B. Emerson, Esq., of A. A. Gould, M. D., P. G. 
Seabury, Esq., of New Bedford, and my own. 
ar. œ. Granules obsolete, with simple, broad, ele- 
vated, revolving lines, the middle one on several of the 
lower whorls as prominent as the outer ones. 
Cabinet of William H. bi Esq. of New Bedford, 
and n my own. 
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~ Remarks. This shell was first pds p me in 
~ Nantucket, as a native of the island, and a number of 
individuals were afterwards given to me by Pardon G. 
Seabury, Esq. of New Bedford, who found them at Fair- _ 
haven. From these specimens, the species and variety 
were described at a meeting of the Society in August 
last. Since then I have seen an individual of the va- 
riety, which was found on an island in the harbor of New 
i „Ihave found several specimens, 
= of them living, though some of them were quite - 
fresh,) which had been thrown upon the beach with the 
Cerithium reticuldtum, Totten. Their station is yet to 
be ascertained, but is probably below low-water mark. 
I take pleasure i in offering this humble tribute of re- 
