330 MOLLUSCA. SOLENOSTOMATA. Conus. 



conusidje. 



Gen. CONUS — Convoluted, inversely conical, spire short, 

 composed of the upper edges of the whorls ; aperture ob- 

 lique, with parallel sides. 



1. C dormitor — Short, fusiform, spirally striated, the intermediate species 

 neatly crenulated. — {Brander, Foss. i. f. 24.) — Sower. Min. Conch, t. ccci.— 

 London Clay. 



2. C concinnus. — Fusiform, angular in the middle, spire ornamented with 

 knobs and granulated striae ; base produced, sulcated — Sower. Min. Conch. 

 t. cccii. f. 2. — London Clay. 



3. C. scabriusadus Fusiform, rather short, striated ; striae elevated, tooth. 



ed.— {Brander, Foss. f. 21.) — Sower. Min. Conch, t. ccciii. — London Clay. 



Gen. TEREBELLUM. Convoluted, elongated ; spire ex- 

 posed, pointed ; aperture longitudinal, narrow retrally, be- 

 coming broader and truncated anteally. 



1. T. fusiforme. — Subfusiform, cylindrical, with a visible obtuse spire; 

 aperture about |ths of the length of the shell, with an adpressed straight 

 canal, proceeding from its retral angle, to the apex of the space.— Sower. 

 Min. Conch, t. cclxxxvii. — London Clay. 



Gen. SERAPHS. — Convoluted, elongated, spire concealed ; 

 aperture longitudinal, retrally narrow, and extending to 

 the apex. 



1. S. convolutus. — Subcylindrical, apex obtuse ; base truncated ; the sur- 

 face even — (Bulla sopita, Brander, f. 29, a. — B. volutata, ib. f. T5.)-—Smver. 

 Min. Conch, t. cclxxxvi. 



CYPRMABM. 



Gen. LXIII. CYPRiEA. — Involuted, ovate, spire concealed ; 

 aperture longitudinal, narrow ; open at both ends ; lips 

 dentated. 



294. C. europea. — Shell crossed by numerous smooth striae ; 

 no dorsal groove ; outer-lip thickened, longer than the inner. 



Concha veneris, List. An. Aug. 168. t. iii. f. 17- Conch, t. Dccvi. f. 57. 

 Cypr. Pediculus, var. Eur. Linn. Syst. i. 1180. Don. Brit. Shells, 

 t. xliii.— Cy. europea, Mont. Test. Brit. 200, and Supp. 88.-2?, Nuns ; 

 S, Jonny Groat's Buckie.— Common in sandy bays. 



