S T R () :\i B u s . 



Species 2. (Mus. Brit.) 



oMBUS GlGAS. Stromb. testa mbiiitadrato-ovatd, pi'r- 

 miiptd, hnmn verms contractu, et costatd, debide cuii- 

 tnrta, spird exsertd, acuminata, anfi-actibus tramversim. 

 ■wperJiciaUter sulcatis et riiijos'is, sitperne squamato-tit- 

 berculatk, tubercuUs iiumerosk, prominentlbus, diver- 

 genfibvs, aperturd perampld, labro late expanso, supenie 

 ill ahiiii niiijiihiliiiii p rod ado ; pallide spadked, epiJer- 

 iiiiih' li'iiuinilu junrescenle indutd, columelld el aper- 

 liira/fiiiiri' iiilfii\r roseis. 



: GIANT Strombus. Shell somewhat squarely ovate, 

 very large, contracted and ribbed towards the base, 

 then twisted, spire exserled, acuminated, whorls 

 transversely superficially grooved and rough, squa- 

 niately tuberclcd round the upper part, the tubercles 

 being' niinu'rous, prominoiit, divergent, aperture very 



l,ii-gc, lip broadly expanded, jirodnced at the upper 

 part into an angular wiiig ; light fawn-colour. e<ivcred 

 with a rather thin fawn epidermis, columella and in- 

 terior of the aperture deep pink. 



LlNN.EUs. Syst. Nat. (12th edit.) p. 1210. 

 An eadcin ' .S7,«,«/„,,s htrifi-r, Linna'us. 



}/,ib. West Indies. 



This fine species, which is sometimes imported in large 

 (piantities from the West Indies for the use of the cameo 

 artist, is remarkable for the delicate pink colouring of its 

 widely expanded ajierture. The tiiberculated growth of 

 the spire is also a conspicuous feature ; the tubercles are 

 not, however, always quite so pninnm-utly developed as 

 in the specimen selected for illn^ti-atKin, which is one of 

 rather small dimensions. 



