Excerpt from The Nautilus, Vol. 9: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Interests of Conchologists; May, 1895, to April, 1896 Shell flat, whorls six, apical one smooth, the balance with a beaded spiral boundary followed closely by a smaller spiral likewise beaded, two faint spirals near suture;'lines of growth fine, coarser nearer aperture, the side of the body-whorl forming an acute angle with the top and nearlv a right angle with the base; the side is slightly convex, with a granular raised line immediately below the periphery and two fainter ones near the base; the basal keel beaded; umbilicus wide, marked with two or three beaded lines. Aperture wedge-shaped, narrower at junction with body-whorl. Max. Diameter 19 mm, elevation 6 mm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.