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TIARA. 33
" Testa ovcito-turrita, tenuicula, nitida, cornea, sparsim fuscopunctata.
Spira modice exserta, integra, acuta; ani'r. 8-9;
supremi transverse plicati et longitudinaliter striati, medio
angulaii et submuricati, sequentes convexiusculi, infra suturam
leviter eonstricti, transversim sinuose costati, sparsim longitudinaliter
striatuli, costis ad suturam in nodulis terrninatis; anfr.
ultimus basi liris elevatis 6-7 ornatus. Apert. ovata, superne
acuta, basi valde et subanguste eSusa; margine dextro valde
sinuoso, et versus basin conspicue arcuatim producto ; columella
torta, modice arcuata." (Brot, in Conoh.-C'ab.)
Alt. 16, diam. 7 mm.
Aperture : alt. 8, diam. 4 mm.
Ifab. India, Bombay {Grateloup), Quilon, Travancore, Cochin
{Hanley) ; Philippines {Cuming); Java? {Dunher).
Subgenus TAEEBIA.
Tarebia, H. ^- A. Adams, 1854, Gen. Eec. Moll. p. 304 (as subgenus
of Vibex, Oken).
TYPE, Melania granifera, Lamarck; Timor.
Range. S. & E. Asia; JMalaysia; Pacific Islands.
Original description:—Shell ovato-fusit'orm, whorls granulose or
tessellated with nodules: outer lip sinuated towards the hind
part; interior of aperture often furnished with spiral grooves.
56. Tiara (Tarebia) batana (Gould).
Tiara (Tarebia)batana (Gould), Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, i, p. 144;
Otia Conch, p. 191; H: & T., 0. 1. pi. 74, figs. 8,9; Nevill, Hand
List, p. 274.^
Original '^description :—Testa turrita, solida, fusco-virescente,
apiceerosa; anfract. 6-7, planulatis, postice sub-coronatis, costulis
longitudiualibus et volventibiis gemmularum series tres efEormantibus
\ apertura angusto-ovata, postice coronata, intus
cserulesoente, columella alba.
Alt. 25-5, diam'. 38 mm.
Hab. Tavo}'; Tenasserim Eiver.
57. Tiara (Tarebia) broti (Dohm).
Tiara (Tarebia) broti (Dohm), in Reeve's Con. Icon. pi. 22, sp. 160.
Melania, chocolatum, Brot, Kevue Zool. 1860, June, pi. 16, fig. 2;
H. & T., C. L pi. 71, figs. 2, 3; Nevill, Hand List, p. 276.
Shell ovately turreted, rather solid, burut-olive; whorls few,
decussately wrinkle-edged throughout, concavely angled at the
upper part, spinously tuberculed at the angle; aperture rather
small, truncated at the base, lip notched at the upper part.
Hab. Ceylon
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