130 PHYSA. 
Length 25, diam. 13 mill. 
California. 
The peculiar feature in this species is the 
flattening of the superior half of the body 
whorl; itis not so strikingly apparent in some 
specimens as in the type. 
5. PHYSA CONIFORMIS, Tryon. 
Plate 7, fig. 1. 
Shell obovate or somewhat cone-shaped, the 
spire very short, with an acute black-tipped 
apex; body whorl round, shouldered above,. 
inflated, but becoming narrower below, while 
the long, somewhat ear-shaped aperture is 
broadly rounded below, causing the shell to 
resemble strikingly in outline Conus tulipa, 
Linn.; whorls five, the first ones minute; 
suture well impressed, lines of growth close 
and fine, surface polished, texture moderately 
thin, translucent. Color greyish-white, the lip 
slightly thickened and colored red; columella 
appressed, twisted and turned back at base. 
Length 16, diam. 9°5 mill. 
Humboldt River, Oregon. © 
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