PLATE CXIX. 



MUREX ANTIQUUM 



ANTIQUATED MUREX, 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



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

 produced gutter or canaliculation. 



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SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Tail patulous : Shell oblong, of eight spires : spiral ridges 



tuberculated. 



Murex Antiquus : testa patulo-caudata oblonga: anfractibus octo 

 teretibus. Faun. Suec. 2165. — Gmel. T, 1, 

 Jig. 6. p. 3546. 



In the description of Plate CIX. our reafon for considering this 

 and Murex Carinatus as two distinct species, are briefly stated ; and 

 the difference, it is presumed, will be farther apparent on comparing 

 the two shells figured in that, and the annexed Plate. 



Reversed shells of this species have been sometimes found. It is 

 an inhabitant of the northern parts of Europe, 

 VOL. IV. D 



