TURRITELLA.— Plate IX. 



npime inciso-stiiatis, anfractu ultimo infra nitide lirato 

 et striato; uslulalo-fuscesceiUe, rufo-cadaneo oblique 

 macuhtd vel strigatd. 

 The swarthy Turritella. Shell ppamidally turreted, 

 whorls fourteen to fifteen in number, coneavely 

 slanting round the upper pai-t, then somewhat 

 obscurely broadly two-ribbed, conspicuously engi-aved 

 throughout with grooved striae, last whorl neatly 



ridged and striated beneath ; swarthy brown, 

 obliquely spotted and streaked with reddish ciiestnut. 



Adams and Eeeve, Moll. Voy. Samarang. 



Hab. Nangasaki Bay, Japan. 



The painting of this species has rather a dotted appear- 

 ance from its being every where cut through by the striate 

 grooves. 



