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Synopsis
Excerpt from Conchologia Iconica, Vol. 8: Or Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animalsv
This fine species, newly received from Japan, differs in being of a rounder form than its nearest ally, and not squamate on the ribs, the sculpture consisting merely of very thin short scale-like ridges.
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