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Species 26. (Mus. Saul.) 



Strombbs columba. Stromb. testa omtd, subfusiformi, 

 spird acute exsertd, turritd, apicem versus varicosd, sutu- 

 ris coiispkui margbialk, anfractibus spiraliter striatis, 

 pone lahntiii radialim Urntis, sitpenie obtuse angulatis, 

 ad amjulum plicato-nodatli, columelld callosd, tumidd, 

 cornigatd, labro alato, hjiiiiitiidinaHliT plicato, margiiie 

 incrassato, supra aiifrac/ns jit'iiii///„iii/ii producto, apcr- 

 Im-fB fauce undique fortUer cornujald ; albidd, an- 

 rantio-fusco variegatd et fasciatu, columelld etapertunr 

 fauce intense purpurea tinctis. 



The dove Strombus. Shell ovate, somewhat fusiform, 

 spire sharply exserted, turreted, varicose towards the 

 apex, sutures conspicuously margined, whorls spirally 

 striated, radiatcly ridged behind the lip, obtusely 

 angled at the upper part, plicately noduled at the 

 angle, columella callous, swollen, wrinkled, lip 

 winged, longitudinally plicated, mai-gin thickened, 

 produced above the pemdtimate whorl, interior of 

 the aperture strongly wrinkled throughout ; whitish, 

 variegated and banded with orange-brown, columella 

 and interior of the aperture stained with purple. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.) vol. i.ic.p. 703. 

 Strombus TankervilUi, Swainson. 



Eab. Zanzibar; Thome. 



Distinguished by its carved turreted spire and richly 



purple-wrinkled aperture. 



Species 27. (Mus. Brit.) 



Strombus bubonius. Stromb. testa ovatd, subrude con- 

 volutd, spird breviusculd, sulcata et striata, hie illic 

 varicosd, apice acuta, anfractibus laviusculis, s'uperne 

 coiicavis, irregulariter supra et infra, nodatis, nodis nunc 

 fere evanidis, nunc fortiter tuberculatis, columelld 

 IfBvigatd, aperturd oblongd, labro vix dilatato ; roseo- 

 fuscd, rosea fasciatd, maculis slrigiique albis variegatd. 



The owl-winged Strombus. Shell ovate, somewhat 

 rudely convoluted, spii-e rather short, grooved and 

 striated, here and there varicose, spire sharp, whorls 

 rather smooth, concave round the upper part, irregu- 

 larly nodose above and below, nodiUes sometimes 



nearly faded, sometimes .strongly tnbercled, columella 

 smooth, apertm-e oblong, lip but little dilated ; rose- 

 brown, banded with rose, and variegated with white 

 spots and streaks. 

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.) vol. ix. j). fi92. 

 Strombus fasciatus, pars, Gmelin (uot of liorn). 

 Eadem var. Strombus dilalutus, Lamarck. 

 Hob. West Indies. Porto Fraya, Cape de Verd Islands ; 

 Capt. Graves. 

 This species is remarkable for its variegated rose paint- 

 ing, and for the unequal development of the tubercles. 



Species 28. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Strombus Swainsoni. Stromb. testa fusiformi-ovatd, 

 spird anumiuata-turritd, anfractibus undique spiraliter 

 striatis, superne rotundatis et subtilissime plieath, pli- 

 cis in anfractu tdtima subnodosis, antice evatiidin, colu- 

 melld callosd, tumidiusculd, suprii et infra corrugatd, 

 labro alato, margine acute dilatato, supra anfructus 

 pemdtimum producto, aperturts fauce peculiariter detuse 

 corrugatd ; albidd, aurantio-fusco tinctd, zonulis an- 

 gustis albis subobscure cingulatd, spird pallide rosaced, 

 columella alba, apertura fauce intense purpurea Uneatd. 



Swainson's Strombus. Shell fusiformly ovate, spire 

 acuminately turreted, whorls being spirally striated 

 throughout, rounded at the upper part and very finely 

 plicated, the plaits becoming subnodose on the last 

 whorl, but absent on the front, columella callous, 

 rather swollen, wrinkled above and below, lip winged, 

 edge sharply dilated, produced over the penultimate 

 whorl, interior of the aperture peculiarly thickly 

 wrinkled ; whitish, stained with orange-brown, en- 

 circled with somewhat obscure narrow white zones, 

 spire tinged with pink, columella white, interior of 

 the aperture lineated with dark pm-ple. 

 Strombus dilatatus, Swainson (not of Lamaix-k) Zoo- 

 logical Dlus. 1820. 



Hab. ? 



Distinguished from S. columba by tiic finer plicated 



sculpture of the spire, sharply ddated lip, and peculiar 



wrinkling of the aperture. 



