D E N T A L I U M. 



VI. 



Species 37. (Mus. lirit.) 



Dentalium l.\cteuji. Den. te/td siMi/aliiii'i, keci, 

 politd, lacted, lente crefcenii, rectimruld, amjustd ; 

 apice integro. 



The milk-white Dentalium. Shell nitlior liyiiline, 

 smooth, poli.shed, milk-white, .slowly increasing, 

 rather curved, narrow ; apex entire. 



Deshayes. Monograph of Dentaliiim. 



Hub. East Indian Seas. 



A very plain shell, narrower than Dinitaliinii entails. 



and without any fissure at the a])e.\. 



Species 38. (Mus. Hanley.) 



Dkniamu.m I'OLiTU.M. Ih'ti. testd pallide fulvd, an;/n.^ld, 

 'jnidiitii/i cresceiiti, len'ter arcuatA, polita, strii.t 

 iiicisis vbliquis ntMierosis concentriris cinctd ; Ji.<,<uni 

 apicttli elongatd. 



The roLisHED Dentalium. Shell pale fulvous, narrow, 

 urradually increasing, slightly arched, polished, 

 lielted with numerous oblique incised Concentric 

 stria; ; apical fissure elongated. 



LiNXyEus. Systema Natura;. 



Deatdliiiiu ehiinieitm, Desh. non Linnajus. 



Bab. 1 Fossil in Paris Basin. 



Very rare in a recent state. Habitat unknown. 



Species 39. (Mus. Brit.) 



Dextaliu-M traxslucidum. Dot. te-'itd poliid, .<tint- 

 pellucidd, temd, angustiusculd, len'ter tinnalii, 

 pallide succined ; apice subacuminatd, Jis.vini npiculi 

 dnrsali, iiicisa, elongatissimd. 



The translucent Dentalium. Shell polished, semi- 

 pellucid, thin, rather narrow, slightly curved, pale 

 amber; apexsubacuminat(.-cl : apical fissure dor.sal, 

 incised, very long. 



Deshayes. JIoi 

 Dentalium vitra 

 Hah. West Ind 



■10. (Mus. Jeffreys.) 



D.ii. testa 



hvi-njalu. .<„/;,/,■, 

 itl e! r„/i,/r ar 

 r.llwlr,.:) ,- ,„, 



XTM.iiM. Shell smooth, soliil 



jased and strongly arched tow 



r rather straighter and wore c 



cal, in the middle and towards the margii 



broad, dorsal fissure at the apex short. 



Lixx.EUS. Systema Nature. 



llah. Mediterranean, Sicily, near the ancient 



EnteUa. Newfoundland. Great Britain. 



dh,; 



(Mus. Brit.J 

 //. t''xl,'i angustd, politissimd, 

 siihprHiiridi'i, lente erescenti, 

 ,~ridii. •<(-,■ iiti : rershx viayyinevi 

 e _fiss,n:tl„: /„,„n} dnrsali 



The erect Dextalium. Shell narrow, very polished, 

 scarcely arched, thin, subpelhicid, slowdy in- 

 creasing, reddish amber towards the apex, white 

 towards the margin ; ape.x fissured on both sidi'S ; 

 dorsal fissure the longer. 



SowERliY. Tliesaurus Conchvliorum, Dentalium. Sp. 1.3. 



Hah. Sydney. 



This almost straight sh' 

 by the late Mr. Strange. 



, 1872. 



vas collected 



