CLASS GASTROPODA 
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lip with a thin wash of callus, pillar straight with a single plait, throat 
yellowish, canal wide, straight. Height of shell, 19; of last whorl, 11.5; 
of aperture, 8; diameter, 6.5 mm. (Dali.) 
Type in United States National Museum, No. 209034. Type locality, 
Station 4310, off Point Loma, California. 
Range. Off Point Loma, California, in deep water. 
Borsonella nicoli Dali, 1919 
Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 56:39; PI. 12, fig. 1. 
Shell solid, white, covered with a pale straw-colored periostracum, of 
eight whorls exclusive of the (lost) nucleus, the suture distinct with a 
slightly swollen margin; axial sculpture of (on the penultimate whorl 
about nine) nodular ribs, peripheral on the spire, becoming obsolete on the 
last whorl, beginning in front of the fasciole and obscure beyond the 
periphery; spiral sculpture of fine striae, visible only in occasional spots, 
the fasciole somewhat constricted; beside this there are faint traces of ver¬ 
micular sculpture visible under a glass, reminiscent of the sculpture in 
B. barbarensis ; aperture narrow, anal sulcus moderately deep, outer lip 
thin, arcuate, body and pillar smooth, the plait hidden behind the columella 
which is attenuate in front, canal short and wide. Height of shell, 22; of 
last whorl, 13; diameter, 8 mm. (Dali.) 
Type in United States National Museum, No. 198925. Type locality, 
southwest of San Nicolas Island, California, in 158 fathoms. 
Range. San Nicolas Island to Point Loma, California. 
Genus LORA Gistel, 1848 
Shell oblong-ovate, somewhat solid, white, slightly convex, lip flaring, 
small, coated internally with callus; aperture expanding in front. (Gistel.) 
A free translation. 
Type. Defrancia viridula Fabricius. 
Lora impressa Morch, 1869 
Societe Malacologiquc de Belgique, Memoircs, 4:21. Leache, Novaia semi. Expedi¬ 
tion Moll.; PI. 1. 
T. alba, epidermide flavescenti cinerea; anfractibus longitudinaliter 
dense costellatis, lines spiralibus 9-10 profunde impressis in anfractu 
ultimo; lines 2-3 posteriores remotae in anfractibus spirae percurrunt, 
unde nodis quadrangularibus in intersectionibus costarum; anfr. ult. spiram 
paulo superans. Long., 15j long, aperture, 8; diameter, 7 mm. (Morch.) 
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