M A R G I N E L L A 



Plate XXIII. 



Species 123. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Margixella makgarita. Mart;, teeia (rigono-conku, 

 nlb'ula, spirrt suhexsertd, anfractibiis sv.perii? gibboso- 

 angulatis, lubro cras.ie rejlexo, intui deidicidalo, colu- 

 mella vnlide quadripHcatd. 



The pearl !Marginella. Shell tnangiilarly-conical, 

 white, spire rather exserted, whorls gibbously angled 

 round the upper part, lip thickly reflected, toothed 

 within, columella strongly four-plaited. 



Kiener, Icon. Coq. viv, p. 15. pi. 9. f. 42. 



Hab. India. 



A small, Melampii.'i-WVe shell, conspicuously denticulated 

 within the lip. 



Species 121. (Pig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Marginella seruata. Marg. testa angusle arnica, sitb- 

 fiisiformi, nitente-albn, spird subobtusu, labro crasse 



7-i'Jlexo, intiis denliciilato, columella quadriplicatd. 

 The serrated Marginella. Shell narrowly conical, 



somewhat fnsiform, shining-white, spire rather obtuse, 



lip thickly reflected, denticulated within, columella 



four-plaited. 

 Gaskoin, MS. in ilus. Cuming. 

 Hab. West Indies. 



Distinguished by a peculiar, fu^iformly-conical growth, 

 the lip being serr.ited with (leuticulatiuns. 



Species 125. (Mus. Bell.) 



!MaegiXELLA PYGM-EA. Marg. tenia obtuse coiiicd, ni- 

 teute-eburned, spird parvd, unfractibus superne tumido- 

 rotundatis, labro crasse rejiexo, coUtmelld ([uadripll- 

 catd. 



The pyg.my Marginella. Shell obtusely conical, shi- 

 ning ivory-white, spire small, whorls tumidly rounded 

 at the u]iper part, lip thickly reflected, columella 

 four-plaited. 



So'WERBY, Thes. Conch. Marg. p. 3SC. pi. 75. f. 7S, 79. 



Jlab. ? 



Distinguished by the full rotundity of the whorls round 



the upper part. 



Species 126. (Mus. Cuming.) 



ilARGiNELLA TulPLiCATA. Marg. testd tumido-pgri- 

 foruii, carneo-albd, nitente, spird parvd, labro cra.i.ir 

 ri'/lfxo, upertiird parr a, columella triplicatd. 



The THREE-PLAITED Marginella. Shell tuuiidlv pear- 

 shaped, flesh-white, shining, spire small, lip thickly 

 reflected, aperture small, columella three-plaited. 



Gaskoin, MS. in !Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. Philippine Islands; Cuming. 



A very characteristic Cowi-y-shaped species. 



Species 12 7. (Mu=. Taylor.) 



Marginella T'ekveriana. Marg. testa oblongo-omtd,- 

 a-assd,callosd,niUnle-albd, spird inimersd, labro criis-ii 

 varicoso, columelld mulliplicatd. 



Terver's Marginella. Shell oblong-ovate, thick, cal- 

 lous, shining-white, spire immersed, lip thickly vari- 

 cose, columella many-plaited. 



Petit, Journ. Conch, vol. ii. 



Hab. Eed Sea. 



A swollen, callous species, resembling the Cgpraa mo- 



nela in general appearance. 



Species 12S. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Marginella vitrea. Marg. testa trigono-pgriformi, 

 nitente-albd, subvitred, spird obtuse conicd, aiifraetibu.t 

 superne rotundato-angulatis, in/erne coiistricto-atteiin- 

 atis, labro varicoso-reflexo, aperturd .vtbpatuld, colu- 

 melld quadriplicatd, plicis subdistantibus. 



The glassy jMarginella. Shell triangularly pear- 

 shaped, shining-white, somewhat glassy, spire ob- 

 tusely conical, whorls rotuudately angled round the 

 upper part, constrictedly attenuated at the lower 

 part, lip varicosely reflected, aperture rather wide 

 open, columella four-plaited, plaits rather distant. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. ISll, p. 75 ; iloU. Voy. Sulphur, 

 pi. 13. f. IS, 19. 



I-Iab. West Africa ; Belcher. 



A very distinct Erato-\\\.e: species, of transparent, glassy 



whiteness. 



Januavv, 18155. 



