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FASCIOLARIID/E. 



Genus fasciolaria, Lamarck. 



Shell fusiform ; spire acuminated ; aperture oval, elon- 

 gated, as long as the spire ; siphonal canal straight ; colu- 

 mella smooth, with a few oblique plaits at the fore part ; 

 outer lip internally crenate. 



Syii. Pyrula, Perry, not Lam. Colus, Bolten, not 

 Humph. leranea, Rajin. 



EcV. F. lignaria, Lmn(Bus,p\. 16, fig. 1. Operculum, 

 F. tulipa, Linnceus, fig. 1, a, 1, h. Shell, F. tulipa, fig. l,c. 



The " Tulip Shells," as they have been called, are usu- 

 ally light and ventricose, and are known by their fusiform 

 shape and by the few oblique plaits on the columella; 

 they have a wide range in their distribution, being found 

 in the Mediterranean, the Cape Verd Islands, Ceylon, the 

 Pliilippines, the West Indies, Australia, Western Africa, 

 and South America. The name of Colus is already in use 

 as a synonym of Fusus. 



Species of Fasciolaria. 



Audouini, Jonas. 

 aurantiaca, Lam. 

 badia, Krauss. 

 clava, Jonas. 

 coronata, Lam. 

 crocata, Phil. 

 distans, Lam. 

 filaraentosa, Chem. 

 fusiformis, Valenc. 

 gigantea, Kien. 

 granosa, Brod. 

 inerinis, Jonas. 



ligata, Migh. and Adams. 

 lignaria, Linn. 

 lugubris, Adams and Reeve. 

 papillosa, Sow. 

 ponderosa, Jonas. 

 princeps, Sow. 

 purpurea, Jonas. 

 Reevei, Phil. 

 salmo, Wood. 

 trapezium, Linn. 

 tulipa, Linyi. 



