BULIMUS 
Plate 
Species 440. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Socotrensis. Bui. testa globosd, crassmculd, 
umbilicatd, anfractUms quinq^ue ad sex, eonspicue con- 
centricl pliceUo-striatis, aperturd subrotundatd ; aWidd, 
fusco peculiariter oblique spiraliter undato-strigatd, 
aperturce fauce fused. 
The Socotra Bulimhs. Shell globose, rather thick, 
umbilicated, whorls five to six in number, conspi- 
cuously concentrically plicately striated, aperture 
somewhat rounded ; wliitish, peculiarly obliquely 
spirally streaked in a waved manner mth brown, 
interior of the aperture brown. 
Hab. Island of Socotra. 
About the size of a large pea, curiously painted with 
spirally oblique streaks. 
Species 441. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Ferussaci. Bui. testa oblongo-turritd, umbili- 
catd, anfractibus octo, subrotundatis, Imvibus, columelld 
refiexd, aperturd pared ; opaco-alhd, nigripunctatd, 
anfractu ultimo fascid nigra cingulato. 
Feuussac’s Bulimus. Shell oblong-turreted, umbili- 
cated, whorls eight in number, somewhat rounded, 
smooth, columella reflected, aperture small; opake- 
white, dotted with black, last whprl encircled with a 
black band. 
Dunker, Zeitsclir. fur Make. 1845, p. 164. 
Had). Loanda, West Africa. 
Sprinkled with minute dots upon an opake-white ground, 
the last whorl being encircled with a conspicuous band. 
Species 442. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Bahiensis. Bui. testd ftisiformi-oblongd, um- 
bilicatd, anfractibus octo, plano-convexis, Itevibus, co- 
lumelld reflexd, uniplicatd, aperturd oblongd, labro 
expartsd; pellucido-albd, opaco-albo hie illic peculiari- 
ter undatd. 
The Bahia Bulimus. Shell fusiformly oblong, umbili- 
cated, whorls eight in number, flatly convex, smooth 
columella reflected, one-plaited, aperture oblong, lip 
expanded ; transparent-white, peculiarly waved here 
and there with opake-white. 
Moricand, Mem. de Geneve, vol. vi. p. 541. pi. 1. f. 6. 
Had). Bahia, Brazil. 
LXIV. 
The opake-white streaks on the surface of this trans- 
parent shell, have somewhat the character of an epi- 
dermis. 
Species 443. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus reticulates. Bui. testd obeso-cylindraced, soli- 
diusculd, apice mucromto, anfractibus septem ad octo, 
plano-convexis, sub lente minuHe granoso-reticulatis, 
szeturis peculiariter sulcatis, columelld late reflexd, 
aperturd parviusadd, labro conspicub reflexo ; albido- 
fuscescente, labro eburneo. 
The reticulated Bulimus. Shell stoutly cylindrical, 
rather solid, apex pointed, whorls seven to eight in 
number, flatly convex, minutely granosely reticulated 
beneath the lens, sutures peculiarly grooved, colu- 
mella broadly reflected, aperture rather small, lip 
conspicuously reflected; whitish-brown, lip ivory- 
white. 
Hab. West Africa. 
Distinguished by its delicate minutely grained surface. 
Species 444. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus cylindricus. Bui. testd pyramidali-turritd, 
minute mibilicatd, anfractibus decern ad undecim, Icevi- 
bus, politis, columelld plano-rejlexd ; albidd,fuscescerde 
fasciatd, strigis purpureo-nigris peculiariter reticulatis 
longihidinaliter oblique pietd, apice nigricante. 
The cylindrical Bulimus. Shell pyramidally tun-eted, 
minutely umbilicated, whorls ten to eleven in number, 
smooth, polished, columella flatly reflected ; whitish, 
banded with light brown, longitudinally obliquely 
painted ivith peculiarly reticulated purple-black 
streaks, apex blackish. 
Gr.vy, Annals of Philosophy, 1825, vol. ix. p. 414. 
Bulimus artieulatus, Turton. 
Macroceramus signatus, Gudding. 
Bulimus signatus, Sowerby. 
Hab. Island of Tortola, West Indies. 
A singularly-painted porcelain-like shell, distinguished 
by its pyramidal growth. 
Species 446. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Guildingii. Bui. testd pyramidali-km-itdt 
March, 1849. 
