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MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS STROPHIA. 
I append Linnaeus’ original descriptions, with a translation, and 
also Sylvanus Hanley’s remarks on the type which he has examined in 
the collection of Linnaeus. 
Description of Turbo uva as given in the thirteenth edition of Lin- 
naeus’ Systema Naturae, page 3604-3605, No. 68. 
“ T. testa cancellata ovata obtusa: anfractibus contiguis: striis lon- 
gitudinalibus imbricatis. 
Habitat in mari, Americanum australem, alluente, testa ab 1 1-2 
pollicem longa, alba, cincerea aut spadicea, umbillicata, anfractibus cir- 
citer 12 primo-triplo majore secundo: sulcis intermediis striis aequalibus, 
apatura unidentata. ” 
Shell, obtuse oval, whirls close together, striations, longitudinal 
and overlapping. 
Habitat in the ocean of Southern America and in rivers ; shell one 
and one half inches long, white, cincerous, or chestnut, umbilicated, en- 
circled by twelve whirls, the first of which is three times as large as 
the second. Sutures between the equal striations, aperture one toothed. 
Sylvanus Hanley in the Shells of Linnaeus says; “ The Pupa uva 
of Pfeiffer’s Monograph alone of the shells in the cabinet of Linnaeus, 
who has recorded his possession of the species, answers to the definition 
of this common shell”. (Ipsa Linnaei Conchylia. The Shells of 
Linnaeus, Determined from his Manuscripts and Collection; by Sylva- 
nus Hanley. London, 1855, page 343. ) 
25. STROPHIA MUMIABrug. 
Mumia Strophsa. 
Plate XVI, a, b, c, & Fig. 52, a, b, c, shell. 
Bulimus mumia Bruguiere, Encyclopedie Methodique; Nat. His. 
Des Vers, I, page 348, No. 87. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Sp. Cii. Size, very large. Shell, heavy. Striations, present. 
Teeth, two, not long nor high. Whirls, 10 to 12. 
Form of shell, cylindrical, with the first three whirls equal in diam- 
eter, the fourth is but little smaller, but from this the shell slopes to a 
point, forming an angle of about 65 degrees. The first whirl is long, 
occupying almost one half of the length of the shell; the second whirl 
is as wide as the third and one half of the fourth, the fourth is equal in 
width to the next two lower, and each successive whirl is of the same 
proportionate width. The striations are not numerous, ( 20 to the first 
whirl,) they are not very prominent, are irregular in form, and not ar- 
