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CONCHOLOGY. 



PLATE CXXXII. 



HELIX H^MASTOMA 

 HiEMASTOME HELIX 



OR 



WHITE-BANDED INDIAN SNAIL 

 Univalve. 



generic character. 



Shell univalve, spiral, somewhat diaphanous brittle : aperture 

 semilunar or roundish, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 AND 

 SYNONYMS. 



Shell imperforate globose-conic, ventricose, fuscous, with a 

 longitudinal white band ; pillar and lip purple. 



Helix H^emastoma : testa imperforata globoso-conoidea, ventri- 

 cosa fusca : fascia longitudinal! alba: columella 

 labroque purpureis. 



Helix H^EMASTOM a : testa imperforata subrotunda fusca : fascia 

 longitudinali alba, apertura purpurea. Linn. 

 Mus. Lud. Ulr, 671. n. Sl^l.—GmeL St/st. 

 Nat. U 1. p, 6. 3649. n. 112. 



