. The Conchologist. SYKES : ON THE IDENTITY OF CLAUSILIA MOUHOTI. 167 The Hungerford specimen is from Hooden Koo, Salvvin Valley, Burmah ; Gould's type from " ;. CI. vespa, Gould, must be withdrawn from the Oospira section both on the ground of shape and its sculpture (an indistinct decus- sation) and CI. stoliczkana should take its place. ON THE SPECIFIC IDENTITY OF CLAUSILIA MOUHOTI, PFR., AND C. MASSIEI, MORLET. By E. R. SYKES, , , Weymouth, The late Com. Morlet has described * as a new species a shell which I consider identical with C. mou/ioti, I have caref
. The Conchologist. SYKES : ON THE IDENTITY OF CLAUSILIA MOUHOTI. 167 The Hungerford specimen is from Hooden Koo, Salvvin Valley, Burmah ; Gould's type from " ;. CI. vespa, Gould, must be withdrawn from the Oospira section both on the ground of shape and its sculpture (an indistinct decus- sation) and CI. stoliczkana should take its place. ON THE SPECIFIC IDENTITY OF CLAUSILIA MOUHOTI, PFR., AND C. MASSIEI, MORLET. By E. R. SYKES, , , Weymouth, The late Com. Morlet has described * as a new species a shell which I consider identical with C. mou/ioti, I have carefully compared the descriptions and figures of the two species and have also examined the types of C. mouhoti. The only differences which appear to exist are that in C. massiei, Morlet mentions a "plica columellaris" and does not mention the occurrence of any lamella subcolumellaris. The only conclusion to be come to is that Morlet was partly using the old nomenclature of Moquin-Tandon and Dupuy; if this is so the two are the same thing and the matter is much simplified. It is to be regretted that authors will not use modern terminology in such matters ; the most to be recommended is that of Messrs. Smith and Woodward,| adapted from Boettger, Westerlund and Moellendorff. The length and breadth of the shells as given by Pfeiffer and Morlet are identical; the whorls in both cases are given as twelve ; they are both from Laos. Both have a lamella, superior and inferior, and judging from the figure of massiei both are similarly situated. C. massiei has a lamella inter- * Journ. de Conch., 1892, Vol. xl., pp. 83, 318, pi. vii., fig. 3. t Proc. Zool. Soc, 1862, p. 275, pi. 36, fig. 5. + Ann. Mag. , i8qo(ser. 6), vol. v., pp. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London : Swan Sonnen
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