FUSUS CORNEUS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Fusiform, unarmed, transversely striated ; beak rather 

 short, recurved. 



SYNONYMS. 



MuREX eoRNEUS. Liun, Syst. Nat. -p. 12^4. Pennant 



Zool. vol. iv, p. 124, pi. 76. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. 



5^M/s, vol. 2, pi. 38. Mmt. Test. Brit.\}.\5S.(Dill- 



wyn.) 

 Fusus isLANDicus. Martini Conch, vol. 4, p. 159, pi. 



141, (Dillwyn.) 

 MuREX ISLANDICUS. 6rmc/, Schrebcrs^ (Dillw.) 4*c. — 



Lister Ckmch. pi. 913, fig. 5. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Shell turrited-fusiform ; the greatest dilatation a little 

 below the middle ; unarmed : whorls about eight, convex, 

 transversely striated and longitudinally a little wrinkled : 

 epidermis pale brownish, deciduous : spire tapering, nearly 

 as long as the aperture and beak, terminating obtusely : 

 labrum simple, smooth within : columella naked, simple : 

 beak of moderate length, slightly arquated and a little re- 

 curved. 



