SPONDYLUS. 



Species 4)3. (Mus. Cuming.) 



SpoNDVLUS HYSTKix. Sjioud. lestd ovatd, radiatim UraU'l 

 et striata, spinis curvaiis longiuseuUs undique dense 

 muricatd; parpurascente-carned, ad umbonem suhma- 

 ctdatd. 



Thf. porcupine Spondylus. Sliell ovate, radiately 

 ridped and striated, densely prickled throughout 

 with rather long curved spines ; purplish flesh-colour, 

 slightly mottled at the umbo. 



Hah. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



Armed as profusely with rather long curved spines as 



.■?. aurantius, but uniformly distinguished amongst other 



ciinracters by its peculiar purple flesh-colour. 



Species 43. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Spondylus ocellatus. Spond. testa oblique ovatd, vakd 

 superiori planimculd, radiatim multistriatd, striis un- 

 dique acute muricatis ; alba, versus margineni rufes- 

 cente-cinered, prope iimboneiii ferrugineo-nigro ocel- 

 latu. 

 The eyed Spondylus. Shell obliquely ovate, upper 

 valve rather flat, radiately many-striated, stria; every- 

 where sharply prickled ; white, reddish-ash towards 

 the margin, ocellated with rusty-black near the 

 umbo. 

 Huh. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



Of rather oblique growth, delicately sculptured through- 

 out with sharp erect prickles. 



Species tt. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Spondylus coccineus. Spond. iestd oblique orhiculari, 

 tenuiculd, radiatim temdliratd et striatd, undique pro- 

 fuse muricatd; albd, versus marginem coccineo-pur- 

 purascente tinctd, ad umbonem maculis couspicue ra- 

 diutd. 



The crimson-dyed Spondylus. Shell obliquely or- 

 bicular, rather thin, radiately finely ridged and stri- 

 ated, everywhere profusely prickled ; white, stained 

 with crimson-purple towards the margin, eouspicu- 

 ously rayed with spots from the umbo. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans. vert. vol. vii. p. 18S. 



Hah. Philippine Islands ; Cumiug. 



A delicately prickled species, chiefly characterized by 



its purple-stained and rayed painting. 



Species 45. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Spondylus asperrimus. Spond. testd 



plano-coHvexd, dense radiatim liratd, liris undique 

 aculeatis ; carneo-fuscd, aIbd,rvfo-maculatd prope um- 

 bonem, aculeis interdmn albidis. 



The very rough Spondylus. Shell triangularly ovate, 

 flatly convex, densely radiately ridged, ridges every- 

 where sharply prickled ; flesh-brown, white, spotted 

 with red next the umbo, prickles sometimes whitish. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1847, p. 87. 



Hub. Philippine Islands ; Cumiug. 



Very closely finely ridged throughout, the ridges being 



copiously beset with sharp prickles. 



