DENTALIUM.— Plate L 



Spei;ies 5. (Mus. Hrit.) 



TALIUM KLEPHANTINUM. Den. tesU'i folitli'i, marjiid, 

 validfi aixuatd, rapide crescenli, viridi Jasciatu, 

 rostis decern circa laqueatd, apice infegro. 

 Elephant's-ti'sk Dentalium. Shell solid, large, 



strongly arched, rapidly increasing, green-banded, 

 Huted with about ten ribs; apex entire. 



LiNN.«;us. Systema Naturee. 



Denlalium areuatum, Gmelin. 



Hab. Philippines, &c. 



Deshayes having erroneously, as we think, applied 

 the name of BenUdium elephantitium to the shell which 

 Gmelin named D. rectum, adopted Gmelin's name D. 

 areuatum to this well-known species, which there is 

 little doubt is the true sjiecies of Linnanis. 



