Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Volume III, 1863-1867Various
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Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Volume III, 1863-1867
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California Academy of Sciences -- Periodicals; Science -- Periodicals
The table referred to includes twelve other banded species of
California, arranged under the same headings. It is interesting
to observe that the § A 1 and B 1 groups inhabit coniferous
forests, and probably feed chiefly on fungi found in decaying
wood while § C, including also H. _Nickliniana_, _Bridgesii_,
_redimita_, _ramentosa_, _tudiculata_, _Californiensis_ (and
_Carpenteri_?) are found in woods of oak, etc. Another group
which I place in § A (as not being rugose) are found in dry,
treeless localities where they seem to represent those last
mentioned, the size, form, and number of whorls furnishing
parallels, but being usually less in size, as might be expected
of species from arid regions, and often with the band single
or obscured; these are H. _Tryoni_[25], _rufocincta_,
_Kellettii_, _crebristriata_, _Gabbii_, _facta_.[25]
The bandless species, of which there are few on this coast,
present analogous sections as to surface characters, and
exhibit much greater varieties in the form of their apertures,
by which they can be arranged in groups, having a greater
development of species in the Atlantic States and more
distinguishable by form than by surface.
_H. Townsendiana_ alone approaches § C in its rugose sculpture,
but otherwise differs greatly from the usual types of
California.
From the shells alone, five subgenera may be established out of
the banded group, which I will describe in a future article.
NOTE.—There is a single specimen of Helix in the State
Collection, supposed to have been obtained in the Mount Diablo
range by Prof. Brewer, which closely resembles the small form
of _H. Sequoicola_ in shape, but being nearly bleached is
too imperfect to describe minutely, though very likely a new
species.
It is remarkable for having seven whorls, while the former
and _H. Mormonum_ of the same size have but six; it is also
less compressed than the latter, and the umbilicus is less
covered. The color where remaining is shining gamboge yellow
(faded?) with a _single_ very narrow band _above_ the middle,
not showing the pale band on each side of it that is so marked
in others of the group. The sculpture seems to have been very
_slightly_ malleated, and with the faint lines of growth
cut by smooth depressed waved grooves transversely, and thus
obliquely to the sutures (while those of _H. Traskii_ are
parallel).
Diam. maj. 0.95; alt. 0.40 inch.
A region so near San Francisco ought to furnish more and better
specimens.
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