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lescente; labro incrassato, albo ; labro acuto. Operculum corneum,
fusco-nigrum, concentriee striatum.
Alt. 20, diam. 14 mm.
Hah. Ganges.
According to a note appended to the original description the
animal is of a blackish-brown colour.
95. Paludomus nasuta, Dohrn.
Paludmnus nasuta, Dohrn, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 123 ; H. & T., 0. 1.
pi. 124, flg. 7.
Original descripUon :—Testa solida, oblongo-eonica, apice acuto,
nigrescens, versus apieem albicans,! ad suturam linea valde impressa
distincta, obsolete decussata; aufractus quatuor convexiusculi,
ultimus medio leviter angulatus ; apertura simples, oblonga,
albida. Operc. — ?
Alt. 12, diam. 8 mm.
Aperture; alt. 7"5, diam. 4-5 mm.
Bab. Ceylon.
96. Paludomus abbreviata, Eeeve.
Pahulomns ab%-eviata, Reeve, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 127; H. & T., C. I.
pi. 125, fig. 7.
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Original descrijition :—Testa abbreviato-o\'ata, solida, Neritiuseformi,
spira brevissima ; anfractibus superne plano-declivibus,
deinde convexis, IsBvibus; apertura subampla; olivacea, lineis
duabus fuscis interdum obsolete cingulata, aperturss fauce fasciata.
The following measurements are taken from the figure in the
' Concliologia Indica ':—
Alt. 20'5, diam. 16 mm.
Hab. Ceylon.
Of a solid JS'eritina-like form.
97. Paludomus acuta, Jleeve.
Paludomus acuta, Eeeve, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 127 ; II. & T., 0. 1.
pi. 123, fig-. 7.
Original description :—Testa acuminata-turbinata, spira acuta;
anfractibus rotundatis, ad suturam excavatis et liueatis, medio
lineis incisis cingulatis ; apertura parva, virescenti-olivacea.
The measurements of the figure in the ' Conchologia Indica'
are as below :—
Alt. 17'2o, diam. 10-75 mm.
Hab. Near Tondicherry.
The apex of the shell, which in most species is eroded, is here
sharply developed. The whorls are characterized by being encircled
round the middle with conspicuous engraved lines.