MADRAS FISHERIES BUREAU 



BULLETIN No. 7. 



THE 



SACRED CHANK OF INDIA: 



A MONOGRAPH OF THE INDIAN CONCH 

 TURBINELLA PYRUM) 



BY 



JAMES HORNELL, f.l.s., 



Superintendent of Pearl and Chunk Fisheries to tlie Government 



of Madras. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH 18 PLATES. 



MADRAS: 

 PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRESS. 



[Price, 2 rupees.'] I9i4. [3 shillings] 



