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Var. semigranosa (y. d. Busch), Nevill, Hand List, p. 277.
Melania semigranosa, v. d. Busch, Philippi, Abbild. i, 1884, Java.
" Differs conspicuously by the shorter spire, and the moretumidly
ventricose last whorl, which is also more produced, etc..
Long. 31.
" Diam. 15 mm ; apex eroded.
" Hah. Jifear Moulmein.
"Long} 18, diam. 8| mm. May be considered as a connecting
link with M. batana, Grid.— Pegu.
" A fine form with turriculately planulate whorls. Long. 30,
diam. 13 mm.—Meetan, Tenasserim Province; Teria Ghat?"
(Nevill)
Subvar. pergranosa, Nevill, tom. cit.
" Long. 15|, diam. 7i mm. Granulose sculpture very prominent."
(Nevill.J
JIab. Port Canning.
Var. flavida {Dunher), JVevi]), tom. cit. p. 277; Philippi, Abbild.
i, 1884, p. 164, pi. 3, fig. 15.
Original description:— Testa parva, oblougo-pyramidata, solidula,
flavida, diaphana, anf ractibus senis planulatis, transversim sulcatis;,
apertura subeyiptica.
Alt. 12, 4iam. 4-5 mm.
A pale yellowish variety originally described as a species without
locality, it is a common Javanform, Indian specimens of which,
according to Nevill, have the spire more subcylindrically produced
than those from Java.
Hah. Teria Ghat {Stoliczha).
Subgenus PLOTIA.
Phtia, H. & A. Adams, Gen. Kec. Moll. 1854, p. 295.
TYPE, Melania spinidosa, Lamarck = M. scabra, Miiller ; S. Asia.
Range. S. Asia, Malaysia and Tropical Islands of Indian and.
Pacific Oceans.
Original description :— Shell ovate, fusiform ; whorls spiuose,
transversely sulcate ; aperture elongate, simple in front.
60. Tiara (Plotia) scabra {Midler).
Tiara (Plotia) scabra (Miiller) (as Buccinuin scabra), Hist. Verm.
ii, p. 130; Chemn. Conch.-Cab. figs. 1259, 1260, badly as (Heliv
scabra); Brug. Enc. M^th., Vers, i, p. 330 (as Bidimus scabra);.
Desh. ed. Lam. Aiiim. s. Vert, ix, p. 443.
Heliv aspera, Gmel. Syst. Nat. fig. 3656; Dillw. Cat. ii, p. 950;.
Wood, Ind. Testae, pi. 34, tig. 141.
Melania eleyans. Reeve, Con. Icon., Mel. sp. 178; H. & T., 0. I.
pi. 73, tigs. 1-4; Brot, in Conch.-Cab. 1877, pp. 266-209, pi. 27,.
figs. 14, 14a-(?, 15, 15 a.
" Shell ovate, sometimes a little elongated, rather thin, brownish-
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