Georissa hosei Godwin Austen, 1889
“This species is readily distinguishable by the shouldered character of the two last whorls, and the crispate keel which marks the cingulation, and the second carina upon the body-whorl. The above description is taken from smaller specimens than the two described by Colonel Godwin-Austen.” (E.A. Smith, 1894)
“Wühl nächstverwandt mit blanfordiana Stol., zumal durch den Mangel einer Spiralskulptur, da unter der Lupe nicht, kaum unter dem Mikroskope stellenweise Spuren feinster Spiralstreifen wahrzunehmen sind; unterscheidet sich aber durch bedeutendere Grösse und ½ Umgang mehr, sowie durch die gleichmässig lebhaft mennig- fast zinnoberrothe Farbe auch von dieser Art; durch Grösse ebenfalls von mancher andern Smith'schen. um von dem breiten Columellarrand zu geschweigen.” (Gredler, 1902)
Godwin-Austen (1889) original descriptions on Georissa hosei – “Shell elongately conoid, rather solid, imperforate; sculpture ill-defined spiral liration; colour ruddy ochraceous; spire high; apex blunt; suture impressed; whorls 4, sides flat, angulated-above and below on the periphery, the median side of each whorl being parallel with the axis of the shell, more rounded on the last whorl; aperture oval, oblique; peristome simple, somewhat thickened above; columellar margin straight.”
Godwin-Austen (1889) original descriptions on Georissa niahensis – “Shell elongately conoid, solid, imperforate; sculpture a very indistinct, ill-defined spiral liration, about 20 on the penultimate whorl, upon a rough surface crossed by transverse lines of growth; colour ruddy ochre; spire high; apex pointed, finely papillate, minutely lirate; suture impressed; whorls 4½, convex; aperture oval, oblique; peristome simple, acute below; columellar margin straight.”
E. A. Smith (1894) descriptions on Georissa hosei – “Testa minuta, turbinata, obtecte perforata, rufescens; anfractus 2.5-3, primus Iaevis, globosus, penultimus convexus superne humerosus vel carinatus, ultimus quoque carina secunda ad peripheriam cinctus; carinae peculiariter crispatae; anfractus duo ultimi spiraliter striati; apertura semicircularis, longit. totius 0.5 adaequans; peristoma vix incrassatum, rufum; columella obliqua, rectilinearis, callo supra umbilicum reflexo induta.”
Gredler (1902) original descriptions on Georissa kobelti – “Testa globoso-conoidea, imperforata, solidula, apice mamillato, tota miniata, laevis, sub lente vix spiraliter striatula; anfract. 4, convexi, ultimo ad peripheriam rotundato, amplo, altitudine spiram superante; apertura late semilunari. obliqua, columella quasi recta, lata, excavata; peristoma parum expansum, acutum, albescens, inarginibus raro callo tenuissimo junctis.”
Georissa hosei – “Size: maj. diam. 1.5 mm; alt. axis 1.9 mm.” (Godwin-Austen, 1889); Syntype Georissa niahensis – “Size: maj. diam. 2.3 mm; alt. axis 3.6 mm.” (Godwin-Austen, 1889); Georissa hosei - “Longit. 1.5 mm, diam. 1.33 mm. Apertura 0.75 longa.” (E. A. Smith, 1894); Syntype Georissa kobelti - “Alt. 3, lat. 2 mm.” (Gredler, 1902)
Type locality – “Borneo” leg. C. Hose, 1889 (Godwin-Austen, 1889); Georissa niahense “Niah Hills” leg. A. Everett (Godwin-Austen, 1889); Georissa kobelti “Niah im Gebiete von Baram” (Gredler, 1902).
Other localities – “Jambusan, N. W. Borneo” (E. A. Smith, 1894)