Journal of conchology . <ujl. ;-. Text Fk;. 3.—Lohiger crawling. One specimen from Chuaka, Zanzibar, dredged in two or threefathoms. The notes on the living animal are as follows :—Generalcolour bright green. Four large wing-like appendages. Shell large,not enclosed in mantle, and marked by thin dark green lines, expand-ing here and there into blue blotches. Foot long and narrow. Partsinside the wings light green ; the wings have an indented margin, anda not very definite white border. Inside this is a light yellow band,and at the base of each indentation is an orange blotch. Th
Journal of conchology . <ujl. ;-. Text Fk;. 3.—Lohiger crawling. One specimen from Chuaka, Zanzibar, dredged in two or threefathoms. The notes on the living animal are as follows :—Generalcolour bright green. Four large wing-like appendages. Shell large,not enclosed in mantle, and marked by thin dark green lines, expand-ing here and there into blue blotches. Foot long and narrow. Partsinside the wings light green ; the wings have an indented margin, anda not very definite white border. Inside this is a light yellow band,and at the base of each indentation is an orange blotch. There aie 308 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, VOL. II, NO. ID, APRIL, I906. brown spots on the upper surface of the foot and wings, as well asmore numerous but smaller white ones. The animal was not observedto swim, but crawled, with the wings folded over the shell. It isprobable, however, that it can swim like the Mediterranean species. In the preserved specimen the head is retracted into the shell,which is mm. lo
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