344 MANUAL OF THE MOLLUSC A. 



can retire ; gills contained in a dorsal mantle cavity ; Hngual 

 tocth similar to Carinaria. 



Shell symmetrical, discoidal, sometimes closed by an oper- 

 culum. 



Atlanta, Lesueur. 



Tijjje, A. Peronii, PI. XIV., Figs. 21-23. 



Si/nonym, steira, Esch.. 



Shell minute, glassy, compressed and prominently keeled; 

 nucleus dextrally spiral ; aperture narrow, deeply notclied at 

 the keel; operculum, ovate, pointed, lamellar, with a minute, 

 apical, dextrally spiral nucleus. 



Animal 3-lobed ; head large, sub -cylindrical ; tentacles 

 conical, with conspicuous eyes behind them ; ventral fin 

 flattened, fan- shaped, furnished with a small fringed sucker; 

 tail pointed, operculigcrous. 



Distribution, 18 species. Warmer parts of the Atlantic, 

 Canary Islands. 



Sub-genus. Oxygyrus, Benson. Synonyms, Ladas, Cantraine ; 

 Helico-phlegma, D'Orbigny. O. Keraudrenii, PI. XIII., Figs. 

 24, 25. Shell milky, narrowly umbihcated on both sides ; 

 nucleus not visible ; back rounded, keeled only near the aper- 

 ture ; body whorl, near the aperture, and keel cartilaginous ; 

 no apertural slit ; operculum trigonal, lamellar. 4 species. 

 Atlantic, Mediterranean. 



The Atlanta was discovered by Lamanoii, who supposed it to 

 be the living analogue of the Ammonite. The operculum of 

 Oxygyrus (PL XIII., Fig. 25) is singularly like the TrigonelUtes 

 (p. 182) ; that of Atlanta (Fig. 22) is the only example of a 

 dextral operculum to a dextral shell (p. 207). 



POECELLIA, Leveille. 



Example, P. Puzosi, PI. XIY., Fig. 29. 



Shell discoidal, many-whorled ; whorls keeled or coronated ; 

 nucleus spiral ; aperture with a narrow dorsal slit. 



Fossil, 10 species. Upper Silurian — Trias. Britain, Bel- 

 gium. 



BELLEEOPHOisr, Montfort. 



Example, B. bi-carinatus. Lev. PI. XIY., Fig. 27. 



Synonym, Euphemus, M'Coy. 



67/e/^^ symmetrically convoluted, globular, or discoidal, strong, 

 few-whorled ; whorls often sculptured ; dorsally keeled ; aper- 

 tu.re sinuated and deeply notched on the dorsal side. 



