Original Combination:

sculptilis = sculpted [latin]

Original Description:

T. obtecte perforata, suborbiculari, depressa, subpellucida, pallide cornea, nitenti, lineis transversis regularibus concinne irnpressa ; spira parum elevata, subconvexa. ; anfr. 7, planulatis, ultimo rapide accrescente, prope aperturam £ diam. subsequanti ; basi planulata, leviter excavata ; sutura parum impressa ; apertura subobliqua, depressa, transversa, lunari ; perist. simplici, acuto, sinuato, margine columellari rapide et anguste reflexa, et perforationem minutam tegenti.
Shell scarcely perforate, suborbicular, depressed, subpellucid, pale horn color above, of lighter shade beneath, shining, with regular, subequidistant, impressed transverse lines, those on the last whorl extending over the periphery, and converging in the umbilical excavation ; spire very little elevated, scarcely convex ; whorls 7, planulate, the last rapidly increasing, equal at the aperture to 1/3 the diam. of the shell, beneath flattened, and little excavated in the umbilical region ; suture lightly impressed ; aperture scarcely oblique, depressed, transverse, lunate ; peristome simple, acute, sinuate, the columellar margin very rapidly and narrowly reflected over, and almost entirely covering the very small perforation.
Diam. maj. 12 1/2, min. 11, alt. 5 mill.
Habitat. — "The Anantehely Mountains, which are a local spur of the Alleghany Mountains in North Carolina, just where that State touches Georgia and Tennessee." Bishop Elliott!
A single specimen of this very interesting species was found in the locality above mentioned, by Bishop Elliott, in whose cabinet I noticed it some months ago. In sculpture it is closely allied to H. indentata Say, of which it might almost be termed a gigantic variety, but the impressed striae are more numerous, and closer together. The form of the aperture is very near that of H. inornata Binney.*
The general aspect of this shell reminds one of the Asiatic group, to which H. resplendens Phil, and H. vitrinoides Desh. belong.