PLATE XXXVIII. 



MUREX CORNEUS. 



HORNY, Or SLENDER WHELK. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Spiral, rough. The aperture ending in a strait, and somewhat pro^ 

 duced gutter, or canaliculation. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Slender, white. Spires eight, swelled. Mouth oblong oval, ending 

 in a produced or lengthened deep twirled gutter. 



Murex corneus : testa oblonga rudi, anfractuum marginibus com- 



planatis, apice tuberculoso, apertura edentula, 



cauda adscendente. Linn. Srjst. Nat. p. 1224. 



Xo. 565. 

 Buccinum angustius, tenuiter admodum striatum, octo minimum 



spirarum. List. H. An. Angl. p. 157. tit. 4. 



tab. Z.fig. 4.—App. H. An. Angl. p. 15, 16. 

 Lesser long and smooth whelke, Dale Harw. p. 381. No. 2. — 



Smith Cork, p. 401. No. 7. 

 Narrow-mouthed whelke, with eight wreaths. Wallis Northumb 



p. 401. No. 7. 

 Murex corneus, Horny. Penn. Brit. Zool. No. 99. tab. 76. Jig. 99. 

 Buccinum canaliculatum medium, angustius, album, striatum, octo 



spirarum. Gracile Da Costa, p. 124, sp. 74. 



tab. 6. Jig. 5. 



A 3 



