NEPTUNEA. 79 



Nicobaricus, Chcm. spectrum, Adams and Reeve, 



nobilis, Reeve. strigatus, Phil, 



Novas Hollandise, Reeve. Syracusanus, Linn. 



oblitus, Reeve. Tajlorianus, Reeve. 



pagodus, Less. toreuma, Lam. 



parvulus, Chem. torulosus, Lam. 



pastinaca, Reeve. tuberculatus, Lam. 



polygonoides, Lam. turbinelloides, Reeve, 



pulcliellus, Phil. ustulatus, Reeve. 



pyrulatus, Reeve. vaginatus, Desh. 



reuma, Mart. vittatus, Quoy. 



rostratus, Oliv. ventricosus, Beck. 



rufus, Reeve. vulpinus, Quoy and Gaim. 



Sub-gen. evaune, H. and A. Adams. 



Shell oblong-ovate; canal very short, a little recurved; whorls 

 convex, smooth. 



linea, Mart. 



Sub-gen. sinistralia, H. and A. Adams. 

 Shell fusiform, reversed ; canal long ; whorls rounded. 



elegans, Reeve. scsevulum, MeuscJi. 



maroccanus, Chem. 



Genus NEPTUNEA, Bolteii. 



Shell fusiform, ventricose ; spire elevated, whorls round- 

 ed, covered with a horny epidermis, apex papillary ; aper- 

 ture oval ; canal short ; inner lip simple, smooth. 



S^n. Chrysodomus, Swains. 



Ex. N. antiqua, Linnceus^ pi. 8. fig. 5. Operculum, 

 N. antiqua, -fig. 5, a. 5, b. Shell, N. antiqua, fig, 5, c. 



