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  a 
  ) 
  Genus 
  Murex 
  L 
  inne 
  

   1758. 
  (MascTT 
  

  

  Murex 
  fulvescens 
  Sov/erby 
  (yellowish, 
  

  

  brown; 
  color 
  white 
  

   Murex 
  burryi 
  Cl 
  ench 
  

  

  to 
  gray.) 
  

  

  & 
  Perez 
  Parf 
  ante 
  (na- 
  

  

  "b 
  ) 
  Genus 
  Boreot 
  r 
  o 
  phon 
  

   Fischer 
  IBS 
  aTIgt 
  . 
  

   Boreas, 
  the 
  ITorth 
  

   Wind; 
  Boreios, 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  -t- 
  trophon,f 
  ood. 
  

   All 
  these 
  shells 
  are 
  

   found 
  from 
  Greenland 
  

   to 
  ITorth 
  Carolina. 
  

   They 
  are 
  well 
  namedj 
  

   food, 
  as 
  many 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  

   the 
  stomachs 
  of 
  fish- 
  

   es. 
  Although 
  Mont 
  fort 
  

   and 
  Fischer 
  used 
  the 
  

   specific 
  adjectives 
  

  

  masc, 
  I 
  think 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  

   the 
  neuter 
  

   used 
  since 
  

  

  should 
  be 
  

   "trophon" 
  

  

  r.ied 
  for 
  L.A.Burry 
  of 
  Pompano, 
  Florida.) 
  

  

  Murex 
  hystricinus 
  Pall 
  (Gr. 
  Lat. 
  a 
  hedge- 
  

   hog, 
  a 
  porcupine: 
  hystrix, 
  hystricis; 
  

   hence 
  prickly. 
  Shell 
  ornamented 
  v/ith 
  ma- 
  

   ny 
  spiny 
  varices.) 
  

  

  Murex 
  pazi 
  Crosse 
  (Paz'i 
  named 
  for 
  Patri- 
  

   cio 
  Maria 
  Paz 
  of 
  Madrid, 
  1806-1874.) 
  

  

  Murex 
  carnicolor 
  Clench 
  & 
  Perez 
  Farfante 
  

   (flesh 
  color; 
  shell 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  flesh 
  

   color. 
  ) 
  

  

  Murex 
  nuttingi 
  Pall 
  (butting's.) 
  

  

  Murex 
  hidalgoi 
  Crosse 
  (named 
  for 
  Pr. 
  J.G, 
  

   Hidalgo 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  Murex 
  cellulosus 
  Conrad 
  (with 
  cells; 
  for- 
  

   merly 
  called 
  Tritonalia 
  (Ocenebra) 
  cel- 
  

   lule 
  sa 
  Conrad.) 
  (Has 
  cellular 
  aspect.) 
  

  

  Murex 
  cellu 
  l 
  osus 
  leviculus 
  Pall 
  (very 
  

   small, 
  insignificant; 
  large 
  specimens: 
  

   18 
  mm.. 
  ) 
  

  

  Murex 
  cellulosus 
  nuceus 
  M'drch 
  (Lat. 
  nux, 
  

   nucis, 
  nut; 
  shell 
  small, 
  reminding 
  one 
  

   of 
  a 
  nut. 
  ) 
  

  

  Murex 
  macgintyi 
  Smith 
  (named 
  for 
  Paul 
  

   Ladue 
  McGinty 
  of 
  Lantana, 
  Florida, 
  190 
  6- 
  

  

  Mure 
  x 
  ma 
  culat 
  us 
  A.H.Verrill 
  (spotted; 
  

   color 
  creamy 
  or 
  ochreous-white 
  marked 
  

   v;ith 
  pale 
  orange 
  or 
  chestnut-brown 
  spots 
  

  

  Ivlurex 
  m 
  ulti 
  spine 
  sus 
  Sowerby 
  (v/ith 
  many 
  

   spines. 
  ) 
  

  

  Eoreotropho 
  n 
  abyssorum 
  Verrill 
  ( 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  abyss; 
  found 
  in 
  843-1859 
  fathoms.) 
  

   Eoreotr 
  o 
  pho 
  n 
  aby 
  ssorum 
  l 
  imi 
  c 
  ola 
  Pall 
  ( 
  1 
  i 
  - 
  

   micola, 
  Lat. 
  noun 
  meaning 
  dwelling 
  in 
  

   the 
  mud.) 
  

   B 
  r 
  eotrophon 
  aculeatum 
  lacunella 
  Pal 
  l 
  

   "Taculeatum, 
  thorny, 
  prickly; 
  lacunella, 
  

   diminutive 
  of 
  lacuna, 
  a 
  small 
  pit, 
  hole; 
  

   I 
  being 
  a 
  noun, 
  it 
  keeps 
  its 
  feminine 
  end- 
  

   ing. 
  "Vhorls 
  crossed 
  by 
  thin 
  lamellae 
  

   forming 
  small 
  sharp 
  points; 
  surface 
  of 
  

   whorls 
  slightly 
  concave.) 
  

   Boreotrophon 
  cl 
  athra 
  tum 
  Linn 
  e 
  (trellis- 
  

   like, 
  latticed.")" 
  

   B 
  oreoti'ophon 
  cla 
  vat 
  um 
  G 
  . 
  O.Sars 
  (Latin 
  

   ~clavus, 
  a 
  nail; 
  an 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  prickles 
  of 
  the 
  shell.) 
  

   Bo 
  reotrophon 
  crati 
  c 
  ulatum 
  Fabricius 
  ( 
  Lat 
  . 
  

   "craticula, 
  a 
  little 
  gridiron; 
  trellis- 
  

   like, 
  latticed.) 
  

   Boreotrophon 
  gunneri 
  Loven 
  ( 
  Gunner 
  » 
  s 
  . 
  ) 
  

   Boreotrop 
  hon 
  maclaini 
  Pall 
  ( 
  MacLai 
  n 
  ' 
  s 
  . 
  ) 
  

   Boreot 
  rophon 
  muricatum( 
  Montagu) 
  Wood 
  ( 
  arm- 
  

   ed 
  with 
  sharp 
  points; 
  whorls 
  traversed 
  

   by 
  folds 
  Lvhich 
  are 
  crossed 
  by 
  revolving 
  

   lines 
  "producing 
  a 
  rough, 
  granulated 
  

  

  