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Locality : Mahableshwar.
37. Glessula arthuri ( Benson)
A transluscent shell with ovate-conical spire and obtuse apex, 7½ whorls. Length 19
mm. Dia. 10 mm. Apex 8 millimeters.
Locality : Mahableshwar.
38. Glessula pulla (Blanford)
Spire elongate and subcorneal with an obtuse apex. 7-8 whorls. Length 7 mm. Dia. 2 3/4
mm. Apex 2 X 1½ mm.
Locality : Bhimashankar (Western Ghats) ca. 3,800 feet.
39. Glessula sattarensis (Hanley and Theobald)
Tower-like spire with an obtuse apex. 7 whorls.
Locality : Satara, Maharashtra State.
40. Glessula brevis (Pfeiffer)
Conico-ovate shell with a conical spire and obtuse apex. 6 whorls. Length 8-9 mm. Dia
5-5 ½ mm
Locality : Poona.
41. Glessula Iyrata (Blanford)
Land and Freshwater Ovate and tower-like shell, pvramidal spire with an obtuse apex.
7½ whorls. Length 12 mm. Dia. 51 mm. Apex. 4 X 2½ mm.
Locality : Mahableshwar, Khandala (Western Ghats)
42. Glessula lyrata Var. matheranica (Blanford).
Length 10 mm., Dia. 4½ mm.
Locality : Matheran.
43. Glessula rugata (Blanford)
Tower-like shell with a conical elongate spire with an obtuse apex.
7 whorls. Length 6 mm. Dia. 2 mm. Apex. 1½ X 1 mm.
Locality : Sinhgad near Poona. Purandhar (Poona District)
44. Glessula beddomei (Blanford)
Locality : Bhima-Shankar (Western Ghats) ca. 3,800 feet.
Family : Succineidae.
Genus : Succinea : Shell imperforate, oval, thin, horny, more or less transluscent with a
short, conical spire.
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