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epidermide luteâ, fulvo-marmoratâ, anfractibus infernè basi nigris, columellâ quinque-plicatâ.

Habitat in mare Mediterraneo.

Anfractus basi nigri, crenato-striolati.

This shell was taken up near the port of Nice in the Mediterranean, adhering to a sounding-lead, in very deep water. I have no hesitation in pronouncing it to be a new species, as I cannot find it described by any author.

Testa depressa, perspectivo-umbilicata; apertura circularis.

C. testâ albâ, lineis longitudinalibus et transversis elevatis decussantibus, inde cancellatâ.

Habitat