PART II. 



MURICIN^.- 



•GASSING. 



297 



longer than the body whorl ; varices numerous ; no in- 

 ternal channel at the top of the aperture, (^fig. Q5. c.) 



lamellosa. Chem. f. 1823-4. scaber. En. Meth. 419. f. 6. 



magellanica. En. M.419. f.4. hexagona. lb. 418. f. 3. 



peruviana. lb. f. 5. erinacea. Mart. f. 1026. 

 senticosa. lb. f. 3. 



ViTULARiA Sw. General habit of Muricidea, but the 

 inner lip is depressed and flattened as in the Pur- 

 purincB; varices simple, nearly obsolete (^fig. Q5. e.) 

 tuberculata Sw. En. M. 419. f. 1. {Afurex vitulinus Auct.) 



Triton * Lam. The varices few^ and placed -'^^ ^ 

 alternately, (fig. 64.) 



australis. Sow. Gen. f. 1. ^^^^^^^ 



lotorium. lb. f. 1. (Jig. 66. e) '— "°^ 



anus. lb. f. 2. clavator. f. 3, 

 variegatum. (Jig. 65. d) 



Ranella Lam. Varices forming a ridge on 

 both sides of the shell ; channel short. 



marginata. 

 caudisata. 



Sow. Gen. f. 2. 

 lb. f. 1. 



spinosa. En. M. 421. 5- 

 crumena. lb. 421.3. 



SuB-FAM. 2. CASSINtE. 

 SheU large, ventricose, generally smooth ; spire very 



* This is the only character by which this group, as a genus, can be dis- 

 tinguished; and this is exceptionable, because there are some species, like 

 T.clandestinuni {fig. Q^-), which have the outer lip thickened, and are with- 



