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more title to the distinction than many individuals 

 decidedly " unarmed ;" the margin of the area, as 

 is evident in the figure, being wrinkled and not 

 muricate. 



Fig. 3. V. edentula. 



Shell subglobular, lenticular, transversely striate, 

 vi^ithout teeth. 



Lister Conch. Tab. 260. Fig. 96. 



Specimen diaphanous, white, when recent with 

 a tinge of red, inside golden, posterior slope ovate, 

 very acute at the margin, area straight, beaks 

 turned towards the areola. 



Inhabits the American ocean. 



Fio-. 4. V. Utterata. 



Shell ovate, subangular before ; transversely and 

 longitudinally striate, undulate and rough towards 

 the slopes. 



Lister Conch. Tab. 402. Fig. 246. 



Specimen brownish white, with brown angular 

 line and characters in rays ; the cavity of the li- 

 gament long and rather broad ; beaks extremely 

 small. 



Inhabits Europe, and more rarely India. 



