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1. Placostylus Souvillei Morelet. 
Taf. 1. Fig. 1. Taf. 2. Fig. 1. 
Testa imperforata, ovato-conica, solida, ponderosa, plus minusve distincte compressa, 
ruditer oblique striata vel striato - costata , epidermide castaneo-rufescente, saturatius ple- 
rumque in parte supera anfractus Ultimi fasciata, in spira plerumque detrita obtecta. An- 
fractus 7 convexiusculi, sutura impressa subcrenulata discreti, superi regulariter crescentes, 
ultimus magnus, inflatus, compressus, antice ascendens, testae occupans. Apertura 
oblongo-ovalis, aurantio-purpurascens, in faucibus interdum lactea; peristoma incrassatum, 
obtusum, subduplex, carneum, ad columellam aurantio tinctum; margo externus parum 
arcuatus, columellaris dilatatus, appressus, plica valida oblique torta , oblique intuenti du- 
plici munitus, callo nitido aurantio, diffuso, medio tuberculum parvum album ferente cum 
externo junctus. 
Alt. 100 — 120, diam. maj. 62, alt apert. 65 mm. 
Bulimus Souvillei Morelet*) Testacea nova Australiae 1857 et Journal de 
Conchyliologie VI. 1857. p. 300 t 10 fig. 13. 
— — Pfeiffer Monographia Heliceorum vol. 6 p. 81. 
— — — Nomenclator Heliceorum p. 214. 
— eximius Albers**) Malacozool. Blätter IV. 1857. p. 96, nec Reeve. 
— — Pfeiffer Novitates conchologicae I. p. 118 t. 33 fig. 1. 2. 
— — — Monographia Heliceorum vol. 4 p. 446. 
— Souvillei Gassies Jounal de Conchyl. IV. 1857. p. 278. 
— — Crosse ibid. XII. 1864. p. 110. 
— — Gassies Faune Nouvelle Caledonie p. 41 pl. 7 fig. 1. 
Gelitäuse midiirclibolirt, kegelförmig eiförmig, von vorn nach hinten zusainmen- 
gedrückt, festschalig, schwer, schräg rauli gestreift oder fast gerippt, mit einer 
*) Testa magna, ponderosa, imperforata, compressa, ovato-conica, rugoso - striata, castaneo - rufescens, 
saturatius vittata et fasciis undulatis plurimis obscure cingulata; anfractus 6 pancim convexi, ultimus mag- 
nns, compressus, antice ascendens, longitudinis penitus 3/^ aeqnans; columella recta, callo lato sinuoso com- 
presso munita; apertura oblongo-ovalis, aurantio-purpurascens, in fundo lactea; peristoma crassnm, obtusum, 
subduplex, carnicolor; margine dextro superne strictiore et columellari dilatato, appresso, cum altero callo 
valido tuberculum parvum emittente juncto. — Alt. 118 mm. 
**) T. imperforata, compresse oblongo-ovata, solida, rugoso-striata, castanea, fasciolis crebris subun- 
dulatis saturatioribus et pallidioribus cincta; spira subregulariter conica, acuta; anfr. 7 convexiusculi, snpremi 
nudi, carnei, ultimus spiram superans, antice leviter ascendens, latere distincte compressus; apertura verti- 
calis, obauriformis, intus igneo - aurantiaca, in junioribus coerulescens ; columella valide torto - plicata ; peri- 
stoma incrassatum , rectum , pallidum , marginibus callo crasso , nitidissimo , tuberculum validum profunde 
gerente jnnctis, dextro superne sinuato. — Long. 106 — 119, diam. 55 — 60 mm. 
