. The conchologist's book of species : containing descriptions of six hundred species of univalves. Mollusks; Gastropoda. OLIVA. 131 olive with a few brown transverse lines, or yel- lowish chestnut with two bands, or greenish fulvous with undulating brown spots, or rich yellowish chestnut; apex blunt; spire very short; lip rather thickened and marginated; base of co- lumella discoloured. 2^. W. O. EPiscoPALis. Cylindraceous, thickish, with crowded spots of purplish hue, edged with yellow, on a pale ground; spire convex and pointed; throat deep violet. ] |.. O. GUTTATA. Cylindraceous, wi
. The conchologist's book of species : containing descriptions of six hundred species of univalves. Mollusks; Gastropoda. OLIVA. 131 olive with a few brown transverse lines, or yel- lowish chestnut with two bands, or greenish fulvous with undulating brown spots, or rich yellowish chestnut; apex blunt; spire very short; lip rather thickened and marginated; base of co- lumella discoloured. 2^. W. O. EPiscoPALis. Cylindraceous, thickish, with crowded spots of purplish hue, edged with yellow, on a pale ground; spire convex and pointed; throat deep violet. ] |.. O. GUTTATA. Cylindraceous, with large ful- vous spots, which are purple by reflection, scat- tered on a pale ground; the purple is peculiarly brilliant on the basal belt, and the spots beneath the sutures cause them to appear crenulated; spire elevated, acute, and very deeply channelled3 throat pale orange. 1|. W. 19. 32. O. RETICULARIS. Cylindraccous, white, re- ticulated by crowded sub-punctated flexuously-. 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 Hanley, Sylvanus Charles Thorp, 1819-1899. London : H. Washbourne
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