I was nine, wandering through a JCPenny with my mother, when my stomach dropped upon the sight of row after row of decollated white bodies in tight black briefs.
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The length of the decollated shell measures 16 mm, its diameter 7 mm.
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Having rib-like ridges. Crenulate. Wrinkled on the edges. Crescentic. Like a crescent. Cylindrical. Like a cylinder. Decollated.
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The shell is large and has an elongate-conic shape. The length of the type specimen measures 9.9 mm (with the protoconch decollated as well as probably the first turn). The shell is yellowish-white, with a light-brown area about the columella. (Nuclear whorls decollated.) The 13 remaining whorls of the teleoconch are well rounded, slightly shouldered at the summit and scarcely at all contracted at the periphery.
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The very regularly elongate conic shell is umbilicated, yellowish white. It measures 5.2 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated. The six whorls of the teleoconch are moderately rounded.
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The yellowish-white shell has an elongate conic shape. Its length measures 9 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated. The nine whorls of the teleoconch are almost flattened.
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The dirty white shell is small, rather stout, and inflated. The shell grows to a length of 3.3 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated. The teleoconch contains eight whorls.
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The quite large, ashy shell has an elongate shape. the length of the shell measures 8.8 mm.(The whorls of the protoconch are decollated). The 13 whorls of the teleoconch are flattened.
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The yellowish-white shell is moderately large and measures 3.9 mm. It is elongate-ovate. The nuclear whorls are decollated. The six post- nuclear whorls are well rounded, appressed at the summit.
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The small shell has an elongate conic shape. Its length measures 4.3 mm. It has a pale brown ground color, with the incised spiral lines red. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated.
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The elongate-conic shell is bluish-white. It measures 2.9 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated. The seven whorls of the teleoconch are very slightly rounded, separated by deeply channeled sutures.
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The large shell large measures 7.5 mm. It is umbilicated, yellowish-white. The nuclear whorls are decollated. The six post-nuclear whorls are decidedly, slopingly, tabulatedly shouldered at the summit, otherwise moderately rounded.
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The shell is small, bluish-white, and semi-translucent. It has a very irregularly elongate-conic shape. The early whorls are decollated. The four remaining whorls are almost flattened, and appressed at the summit.
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The shell is of medium size, measuring 4 mm. The shell is narrowly elongate-ovate, umbilicated, yellowish-white. The nuclear whorls are decollated. The five post-nuclear whorls lie rather high between the sutures.
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The shell grows to a length of 13 mm. The pale wax-yellow shell has an elongate-conic shape. The sides of the spire are rectilinear in outline. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated.
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The length of the (decollated) shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 7 mm. (Original description) The small shell is short-fusiform and stout. It is white with a pale yellowish periostracum. It contains about seven whorls.
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The shell has a gently and evenly tapering, elongate-conic shape. It has a flesh-color with a brown base. Its length varies between 10 mm and 17 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated.
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The brownish yellow shell has an elongate-conic shape. Its length measures 5 mm. (The whorls of the protoconch are decollated). The 7½ whorls of the teleoconch are very slightly rounded, and feebly shouldered at the summit.
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The elongate-ovate shell is light yellow. It measures 5.5 mm. The nuclear whorls are decollated. The six post-nuclear whorls are inflated, slightly rounded in the middle, more so toward the suture, and the appressed summit.
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The small shell measures 2 mm. It is oblong, ovate, milk- white. The nuclear whorls are decollated. The five post-nuclear whorls are rather high between the sutures, moderately rounded, strongly shouldered at the summit, which is subtabulated.
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The milk-white shell has an elongate-conic shape. Its length measures 6 mm. (The whorls of the protoconch are decollated). The nine whorls of the teleoconch are well rounded, slightly excurved at the summit, and weakly shouldered.
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The wax-yellow shell has an elongate, conic shape. It measures 9 mm. (The nuclear whorls are decollated). The 4½ post-nuclear whorls are moderately well rounded, slightly constricted at the sutures and feebly roundly shouldered at the summit.
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The white shell has a tapering, elongate-conic shape. Its length measures 8.2 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated. The 13 whorls of the teleoconch are flattened, slightly shouldered, and ornamented by strong, rather narrow, oblique, axial ribs.
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The milk-white shell is large and robust. Its length (protoconch missing) measures 8.8 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated in the type specimen. The twelve whorls of the teleoconch are well rounded and slightly shouldered at the summit.
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The elongate-ovate, yellowish-white shell is imperforate. Its length measures 9.5 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated. The six whorls of the teleoconch are strongly rounded, moderately contracted at the sutures and narrowly flatly shouldered at the summit.
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The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 71 mm. (Original description) The very large shell has a fusus-like shape. It is milk-white, covered with a very thin translucent periostracum. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated.
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The yellow shell has a conic shape. Its length measures 5.6 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated. The nine whorls of the teleoconch are appressed at the summit, flattened in the middle, except the last, which is inflated and strongly rounded.
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The large, milk-white, shining shell has an elongate-conic shape. The length of the shell measures 8.4 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated. The 12 whorls of the teleoconch are decidedly rounded, slightly shouldered and somewhat constricted at the periphery.
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The whorls of the protoconch are decollated in all the studied specimens. The seven whorls of the teleoconch are somewhat overhanging. They are decidedly contracted toward the periphery from the anterior fifth of the exposed part. They are almost flattened posterior to this.
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The apel brown shell has a robust appearance. The length of the shell measures just over 6 mm. (The whorls of the protoconch are decollated). The nine whorls of the teleoconch are flattened, slightly exerted at the summit, where they are moderately squarely shouldered.
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The shell has an elongate-conic shape. It is white on the shoulder, the rest light brown. Its length measures 5.3 mm. (The whorls of the protoconch are decollated.) The ten whorls of the teleoconch are flattened in the middle, well contracted at the sutures.
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The bluish-white shell is large and robust and has an elongate-conic shape. Its length measures 15 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated. The nine whorls of the teleoconch are slightly rounded, roundly shouldered at the summit and weakly contracted at the suture.
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The length of the shell attains 30 mm. The turreted shell is pinkish white, rather thin, smooth and shining. The spire is decollated. There are nine normal whorls remaining, planate above, appressed above the sutures and medianly concave, with here and there obsolete irregular longitudinal ribs.
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The uniformly pale brown shell is very large (compared with the other species in this genus) and has an elongate conic shape . Its length measures 13.8 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated. The 13 whorls of the teleoconch are well rounded, and strongly appressed at the summit.
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The rather large shell has an elongate conic shape. Its length measures 12.5 mm. Its color is light brown. The early whorls have a light yellow color.. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated. The 11½ whorls of the teleoconch are appressed at the summit, which is slightly excurved.
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The reddish brown shell has an irregular pupiform shape. The length of its shell measures 6.75 mm. (The whorls of the protoconch are decollated.) The ten whorls of the teleoconch are flattened,. They are marked with about eighteen poorly developed, more or less rounded, vertical axial ribs and smooth intercostal spaces.
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The milk-white shell has an extremely slender, elongate conic shape. The length of the type specimen measures 5.8 mm. The whorls of the protoconch of the type specimen are decollated and the first three whorls of the teleoconch are probably lost. The remaining 9¼ whorls of the teleoconch are flattened.
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The shell has an elongate-conic shape. it is creamy yellow, with a narrow, golden brown band situated about one-fourth of the distance between the apex and suture posterior to the suture. (The whorls of the protoconch are decollated). The whorls of the teleoconch are slightly rounded, and feebly shouldered at the summit.
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The straw-yellow shell is large and has an elongate-ovate shape. Its length measures 2.4 mm. (The whorls of the protoconch are decollated.) The turns of the whorls of the teleoconch turns are rounded, and have subtabulate summits. They are marked by lines of growth and numerous fine, closely placed, wavy, spiral striations.
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The bluish white shell is moderately large, subdiaphanous, and shining. The early whorls are decollated. The later whorls are almost flattened and somewhat shouldered at the summits. They are ornamented with poorly developed, broad, low, almost vertical axial ribs which are strongest at the summit of the whorls and gradually grow weaker toward the periphery.
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The milk-white shell has a conic shape. (The whorls of the protoconch are decollated.) The length of the shell measures just over 5 mm. The ten whorls of the teleoconch are moderately well rounded, and very slightly shouldered at the summit. They are marked by mere indications of obsolete ribs near the summit of the early whorls, only.
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The elongate-conic shell is thick and heavy, rough through erosion, yellowish white. Its length measures 9.9 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated in the type, judging from the pit in the apex they are probably deeply, obliquely immersed. The six whorls of the teleoconch are only moderately rounded, somewhat shouldered at the summit (surface decidedly eroded).
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The nuclear whorls are decollated. The post-nuclear whorls are moderately rounded, constricted at the sinus, which causes the summit of the turns to appear as a cord. The space between the sutures is variously mottled with flesh color and chestnut spots and streaks. The base, beginning at the periphery, is rose colored, a little paler on the columella than the rest.
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The very slender shell has an elongate-conic shape. Its length measures 8.3 mm. Its color is wax-yellow with a broad, brown band that on the early and the later whorls extends over the anterior half, between the sutures, while on the middle whorls it covers fully two-thirds of that space. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated.
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The thin, ovate shell is white to light ashy, covered under an ash-colored epidermis. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated. There are four rapidly increasing whorls in the teleoconch. These are inflated, gently curved over the anterior two-thirds of the whorl between the sutures and more strongly so on the posterior third this portion forming an evenly curved shoulder.
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The shell has an elongate-conic shape. Its length measures 11.5 mm. Its color is light wax yellow, with a supra and subperipheral light chestnut band, separated by a very narrow, dark wax yellow peripheral zone. (The whorls of the protoconch and probably the first two whorls of the teleoconch are decollated.) The nine remaining whorls are situated rather high between the sutures.
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The pale yellow shell has an elongate-conic shape. (The whorls of the protoconch are decollated). The five to seven whorls of the teleoconch are flattened in the middle between the sutures, strongly contracted at the periphery, moderately roundly shouldered at the summit. They are marked by rather strong lines of growth and exceedingly fine, closely spaced, microscopic spiral striations.
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The stout, yellowish white shell has an oval shape. Its length measures 3.5 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated, the pit left in the apex of the type shows that it must have been strongly immersed in the first of the turns of the teleoconch. The 4½ whorls of the teleoconch are strongly rounded, and feebly shouldered at the summit.
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The very elongate-ovate shell- is bluish-white. The length of the shell measures 4.3 mm. (The whorls of the protoconch are decollated.) The five whorls of the teleoconch are well rounded. They are marked by five broad, strong, deeply incised spiral grooves, that divide the space between the sutures into raised, flattened keels, which are successively a little wider from the summit to the periphery.
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The robust dull brown shell is large and broadly conic. (The whorls of the protoconch are decollated and probably the first whorl of teleoconch is missing from the type specimen) All but the last whorl of the teleoconch are flattened, flatly shouldered and crenulated at the summit. The body whorl is inflated and well rounded. The periphery of the body whorl is marked by a strong sulcus.
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The length of the (decollated) shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 5 mm. (Original description) The shell much resembles Cryptogemma calypso Dall, 1919, from which it differs by having the anal fasciole striated spirally, the surface in front of the shoulder without spiral sculpture and minutely vermiculate, the ribs more knob-like, shorter, and averaging about 12 on the body whorl. The shell contains 6 whorls. The apex is always eroded.
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The milk-white shell is very long and slender. Its length measures 10 mm. (The whorls of the protoconch are decollated.) The 17 whorls of the teleoconch are situated high between the sutures, varying in outline, the first to eleventh being flattened, almost cylindric, with very strongly shouldered summits; the rest moderately well rounded, with less strongly shouldered summits. The axial ribs are very strong on the first 11 whorls, less so and more rounded on the remaining.
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Stanza 46 describes that, in reference to Ragnarök, the "sons" of Mím are at play while "fate burns" (though no further information about these "sons" has survived),Larrington (1999:265). that the god Heimdallr blows the Gjallarhorn, and that Mímir's severed head gives counsel to Odin. The single mention in stanza 14 of Sigrdrífumál is also a reference to Mímir's speaking, decollated head. Stanzas 20 and 24 of the poem Fjölsvinnsmál refer to Yggdrasil as Mímameiðr.
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The light yellow shell has an elongate-ovate shape and is stout and strong. Its length measures 4.5 mm. (The whorls of the protoconch are decollated.) The whorls of the teleoconch are flattened on their outer three-fourths, rounding suddenly to the closely appressed summit, on the posterior fourth. The entire surface of the shell is marked by lines of growth and numerous equal and equally spaced, well marked spiral striations, of which about 28 occur between the sutures of the penultimate whorl.
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The two zones are separated by a zone of a little lighter shade which is as wide as the posterior zone. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated in all the specimens seen. The 8 or 9 whorls of the teleoconch are situated rather high between the sutures, feebly shouldered at the summit, and slightly constricted at the periphery. The early whorls of the teleoconch are marked by low, rounded, broad, almost vertical axial ribs which are wider than the shallow impressed spaces that separate them.
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The protoconch, in the variety, is well elevated, acute, and, though a little worn, appears smooth. The shell differs from the type in its smaller size (an adult shell of the typical form, decollated, measuring 31 mm. long), by the slightly more swollen whorls, and the more numerous and more closely set longitudinal ribs, which latter are more produced over the whorls and do not leave so marked a smooth area below the suture. The type compared to has become a synonym as Crassispira consociata (E.
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The whorls of the protoconch of the type specimen are decollated and probably the first two whorls of the teleoconch are missing. The remaining 9½ whorls of the teleoconch are flattened very high between the sutures, and narrowly shouldered at the summit. They are marked by closely crowded, quite regular, well rounded, almost straight, slightly protractive axial ribs;18 ribs occur upon the first four of the remaining turns; 20 upon the fifth to seventh; 22 upon the eighth, and 26 upon the penultimate whorl. The intercostal spaces are a little narrower than the ribs.
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The elongate-conic shell has a wax yellow color, with two yellowish-brown spiral bands The posterior one of which encircles the turns a little above the periphery, while the anterior one, which is a little wider, is immediately posterior to it, the two being separated by a space about as wide as the posterior band. Its length attains 8.5 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated in the type specimen. The 8½ remaining whorls of the teleoconch are very slightly rounded, moderately contracted at the periphery, and closely appressed to the preceding turn at the summit.
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