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lery. (Compt. rend. Soc. Biol., Paris, 

 75, 1916, 1118; Cristispirella polydorae 

 Hollande, Compt. rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 

 173, 1921, 1696). From a marine annelid, 

 Polydora flava. 



Cristispira pusilla (Schellack) Ford. 

 (Spirochaeta pusilla Schellack, Arb. kais. 

 Gesundheitsamte, 30, 1909, 379; Ford, 

 Textb. of Bact., 1927, 940.) From the 

 digestive tract of a mussel, Anodnnfa 

 mutabilis. 



Cristispira saxicavae (Schellack) P^ord. 

 {Spirochaeta saxicavae Schellack, Arb. 

 kais. Gesundheitsamte, SO, 1909, 379; 

 Ford, Textb. of Bact., 1927, 940.) From 

 the crystalline style of a mollusc, Saxi- 

 cava arctica. 



Cristispira spiculifera (Schellack) Di- 

 mitroff. (Spirochaeta spiculifera Schel- 

 lack, Arb. kais. Gesundheitsamte, 30, 

 1909, 379; Dimitroff, Jour. Bact., 12, 

 1926, 157.) Found in mussels. 



Cristispira tapetos (Schellack) Gross. 

 {Spirochaeta tapetos Schellack, Arb. 



kais. Gesundheitsai te, 30, 1909, 379; 

 Gross, Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 65, 

 1912, 84.) From the crystalline style of 

 a mollusc. Tapes decussata. 



Cristispira tenua Dimitroff. (Jour. 

 Bact., 13, 1926, 160.) Found in oysters. 



Cristispira veneris Dobell. (Quart. 

 Jour. Microsc. Sci., London, 54, 1910- 

 1911, 507 and ibid., 56, 1911, Part 3.) 

 From a clam, Veiius {Meretrix) castra, in 

 Ceylon. Identical with Cristispira bal- 

 hianii Gross. 



Cristispirella caviae Hollande. 



(Compt. rend. Acad. Sci., Paris, 172, 

 1921, 1693.) From the intestine of a 

 guinea pig. Probably a protozoan. Evi- 

 dently the same as Heliconema (see ap- 

 pendix to Borrelia). Both Cristispirilla 

 polydorae and Cristispirella caviae have 

 characteristics at variance with accepted 

 ideas of spirochaetes. 



Spirochaeta solenis Fantham. (Ann. 

 Trop. Med. and Parasitol., 5, 1911, 479.) 

 A parasite of a mollusc, Solen ensis. 



