PHYSA. 133 
8. PHYSA VIRGINEA, Gould. 
Plate 6, fig. 7. 
Shell slender and delicate, thin and shining, 
of a light golden color when fresh; spire about 
one-third the length of the shell, sharply 
pointed, of five or more moderately convex 
whorls, the last of which has a faintly angular 
appearance near the suture. Aperture nar- 
row and elongated, two-thirds the length of 
the shell, acute behind. Columella short, 
delicate, slightly sinuate, folded. 
Length 15, diam. 8 mill. 
A slender, graceful species, not very closely 
related to any of its congeners. The long 
slender spire reminds one remotely of Ph. 
hypnorum, Linn. 
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