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inhabitant, is full of inherent strength, and will probably 

 hold its own, as regards its most salient features, against 

 any proposed changes. 



(V.) A7iimal. — The Animal h?i?> been figured by Messrs. 

 Adams, and by Chenu, "Manuel de Conchyliologie," Vol. I., 

 f 7. In this latter a coloured representation of C. moneta is 

 given, the te7ttacles are stout and gradually tapering, eyes 



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Animal of Cypraea tigris (Linn.). 



situated on slight excrescences about one quarter the distance 

 from the head, viajitle fastened into two folds, meeting over 

 the back of the shell at the dorsal sinus, and likewise orna- 

 mented with forked filaments, papillae, or verrucae, and 

 sometimes they are smooth — the mantle is furnished also with 

 a siphon, which is often fringed. T\i^foot is large, and simple, 

 fastened at either end, frequently contracted in front. Head 

 obtuse, furnished with a contractile snout, or rostrum. No 

 opercuhim. Lingual Riband long, with seven series of teeth 



Lingual Dentition of C. tigris (L. ). 



