PLATE CLXXIL 



TURBO SUBULATUS. 



SUBULATE JVREATH SHELL. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



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Animal Limax. Shell univalve, spiral, or of a taper form. 

 Aperture somewhat compressed, orbicular, entire. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell subulate, tapering, pale flesh-colour, glossy, fasciated with 

 testaceous-brown. Aperture oval. 



Turbo Subulatus : testa subulato-turrita pallide-carnea nitida 



testaceo fasciata, apertura ovali. 



Strombiformis parvus corneus glaber. Smooth. Da Costa, 

 Brit, conch, p. 111. sp. 69. Turbo kevis. 

 Smooth. Perm. Brit. Zool. No. 115. tab. 79. 

 upper figure ? 



Our best specimens of this rare shell were dredged up on the 

 ceast of Weymouth. Da Costa received it from Exmouth, in 

 Devonshire ; he also adds, that three were found in the stomach 

 of a Five Finger, or common Stella Marina. The Turbo lasvis 



