CASSIS 



i^pocies 11. (Mus. Cuniiu!;-.) 



( Assis Saburon. Cfi.ss. /I'xtd ovaUi, vmtrimsd, sjjird 

 Im-riKunild, iipice siibpujiilhin , a iifractihus evaricosis 

 rotiniJull'i, traiisvi'i-xi,,/ imil'iiiiw ireberriMe mdcatis, 

 Dutnjhiv xiijiiriuri cn-iiiihitix ,- i-nluuivUd callom, niyis 

 hn-ril,„-s pa-paiieix „l,li,j„,y lubru xiil,irre,jiiJ„nin- den- 

 iiilo-linito ■ pallida aiirri'd aiit fidrtsmi/c, nbxcuri 

 qiiiiiqiii'J'a.iciatd, fascih indisibtcte quadrato-macnUdis, 

 iiiiii-nlis poiii varices intense rufo-castaneis. 



The Sabuuon Helmet. SheU ovate, ventricose, spii-e 

 rather short, apex slightly papillary ; whorls destitute 

 of varices, rounded, transversely very closely grooved 

 tluoughout, crenulated at the upper margin ; colu- 

 mella callous, mth a very few short oblique wrinkles, 

 lip somewhat irregularly dentately ridged ; pale ash 

 or light fidvous colour, obscurely five-banded, bands 

 indistinctly square-spotted, spots behind the varices 

 dark reddish chesnut. 



Lamarck, Aiiim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.) vol. x. p. 36. 

 Le Saburon, Adnnsoii. 



Kii.irii, I ■.,,:r. J ,,- ,, S.huhert and Wagner. 



Hab. Japan (on the sands) ; Dr. Siebold. 



Mainly distinguished by its close transverse grooves 

 and rounded form ; the spots are often much obscured, 

 excepting behind the marginal varix, where in comparison 

 they are vmusually dark. 



Martini has a very excellent figure of this species (Conch. 

 Gab. vol. 2. pi. 34. f. 350) referred to by Lamarck under 

 the head of C. (jranulosa (0. injlatnm), and the figure in 

 a vignette, f. 1-2 at p. 10, of the same work to which 

 M. Deshayes refers for C. Saburon, appears to correspond 

 with one not hitherto described, which 1 propose to dis- 

 tinguish by the name C. jilla. 



spec 



(Mus. Cuming.) 



Cassis FLAmmea. Cass, lestd oblonyo-oratd, rix trtgona, 

 spird breviusculd, apice aciUd ; anfrnclibiis niiirnriivsis, 

 lonffitudiualiter teiiuiier plicato-riujntix, rmjix iHcilium. 



versus cetate obsolrfis 



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angulatis, luberci(lorii„i xcrirbns tnbns aid iilnrUinx 

 armatis, tuhercuUa latcruVdvr cuuipressis, labrum versus 

 ohsoletiorihus ; cohimelld concaviusculd, rude nyatd, 

 labro externo fortiter dentato ; lacted, dorso griseo- 

 ccerulescente nebulosd, easfinnv longitiidinaVder flam- 

 maid, varicibm maculis gni/n/ibnx „ii/ris tiuctis. 



The flamed Cassis. Shell <iblong-nvate, scarcely tri- 

 angidar, spii-e rather short, sharp at the apex ; whorls 

 one-varicose, longitudinally finely pHcately wrinkled, 

 the ^vrinkles becoming obsolete towards the middle 

 with age, upper part of the whorls but slightly angu- 

 lated, armed with three or more rows of tubercles, 

 which are laterally compressed and more obsolete 

 towards the lip ; columella rather concave, rudely 

 wrinkled, outer lip strongly toothed ; cream-coloured, 

 clouded at the back Avith greyish blue, longitudinally 

 flamed with chesnut, varices stained with large black 

 blotches. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.) vol. x. p. 22. 

 Bttccinumjlammeum, Linnseus. 

 Cassidea f/nmnien, Eruguierc. 



Rab. ? 



The peculiar oblong oval form of this species, w-liich 

 is of constant occurrence, fully distinguishes it from C. 

 tuherosa, of which M. Kiener intimates his opinion that 

 it is a variety. There is moreover a imiform variation 

 in the sculpture, which, in the species under consideration, 

 rather assumes the natm-e of plicated wTinkles ; the tu- 

 bercles are more numerous, smaller, and more compressed. 



