DESCRIPTION. 161 



Fig. 8. N. striata. 



Shell thick, striate ; spire rather prominent; co- 

 lumellar lip wrinkled, with three teeth, the upper 

 one slightly lol)ed ; margin and throat of the outer 

 lip crenate j two teeth in the anterior part of the 

 outer lip. 



Martyn's Univers. Conch. 



Specimen pale brown, yellowish green towards 

 the apex; marked with shaded irregular rays of 

 black ; aperture white ; throat yellowish j striae 

 numerous, rounded. 



Inhabits 



The author is not aware of this species having 

 been described or named, although it be evidently 

 figured in Martyn's Universal Conchology : he has 

 therefore assumed its most remarkable character, 

 though far from a peculiar one, as its nominal di- 

 stinction. 



PLATE XXI. 

 Fig. 1. Haliotis tuherculata. 

 Shell sub-ovate ; back transversely striate, rug- 

 ged, and tuberculate. 



Lister Conch, tab. 611. fig, 2. 



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