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375. Novaculina andamanensis, Preston.
Novaculina andamanensis, Preston, Kec. Jnd. Mus., Calcutta, ii,
p. 209, pi. 16, fig. 40.
Oriijinal description :—Shell oblong, elongate, inequilateral, constricted
towards the middle, pure white, bearing traces of having
been, covered with a yellowish-brown periostracum, concentrically
striate ; dorsal margin slightly sloped anteriorly ; ventral margin
excavated in the middle, anterior side rounded; posterior side
produced, somewhat angled below ; umboes small.
Long. 16-5, lat. 37'5 mm.
Hah. Andaman Islands.
The type is in the Indian Museum, Calcutta.
The specimens on which the above species was based were collected
in the Andamans by the late Eev. J. Warneford. It would
seem to be scarce as, though several collections of Andaman Island
material have since passed through the hands of the compiler of
the present volume, no further specimen has come to light.