BUCClNIDiE. 107 



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



Spire moderate ; front canal long, nearly closed ; no posterior 

 canal ; inner lip smooth ; varices spiny, fimbriated between the 

 spines. 



caudata, Sai/. pectinata, Hinds. 



muriciformis, BrocL pulchra, Grai/. 



nitida, Brod. triquetra, Beeve. 



Fam. BUCCINID^. 



Teeth on lingual membrane in three series (1.1.1), the 

 central broad, the lateral versatile ; lateral teeth flat, with a 

 bent-up process at the end, more or less at right angles 

 with the base. Mantle enclosed ; siphon recurved. Foot 

 simple. 



Shell usually with an oblique fissure or notch at the fore 

 part of the aperture ; aperture sometimes more or less pro- 

 duced and recurved anteriorly. 



Sub-fam. BUCCININ.^. 



Operculum ovate, nucleus small, near the outer front 

 edge. 



In this sub-family the eyes are on slight eminences near 

 the outer bases of the tentacles, and the spire of the shell 

 is usually as long as the aperture. 



Genus BUCCINUM, Linuseus. 



Eyes at the base of the tentacles. 



Shell ovate or oblong, covered with a horny epidermis ; 



