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It was found near high-water mark, on a beach of 
fine gravel, but, as most of the shells were destitute 
of the animal, it may be doubted whether this is 
their proper station. 
 Rzwamxs. This species was discovered in Sep- 
tember, 1839, in company with great numbers of the 
Venus gemma, Totten, and many of the inia . 
fusca, Nob. It has a striking resemblance to the 
latter species, but is much more elongate, has two 
more whorls, the body whorl is much less inflated, 
and the suture is rather more deeply impressed. 
" ToRNATELLA PUNCTO-STRIATA. 
Plate HII. Fig. 9. 
T. testà parva, mom n nitidà ; meer yendo sor o 
suturà valdé impress ; anfractu ultimo supra levi, infra puncto-stri- 
ato; apertura sub-ovatà ; umbilico parvo. é ie 
Shell small, elliptic, white, glossy, not very thin ; 
whorls five, convex ; suture deeply impressed ; spire 
rapidly attenuated, sub-acutely tipped, four-ninths of 
the length of the shell, smooth ; body-whorl more 
than three-fourths of the shell, somewhat shouldered 
above, smooth on the upper third, below with 
impressed, parallel, punctate lines, five or six of them 
distant on the middle, either equally or unequally 
distant, and six to eight closely approximate on 
the lower fourth; one line only appears above 
the aperture, running near and at length into the 
suture of the body-whorl ; aperture in the same 
plane with the axis, the line of its length making 
with the axis an angle of not more than 10°, five- 
ninths of the length of the shell, sub-ovate, contract- - 
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