688 BUCCINUM. 



Chemnitz, x. p. 194. t. 153. f. 146.5 and 1466. 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean, and the Variety is from the coaste 

 of America. Chemiiitz. 



Shell an inch and a half long, and an inch broad, ovate, whit- 

 ish, with a conical spire composed of six inflated whirls be- 

 coming gradually smaller. The pillar is wrinkled, and the 

 outer lip marginated and toothed within ; the beak is very 

 short, and the base has somewhat of a truncated appearance. 

 The shell which I have followed Chemnitz and Gmelin in 

 placing as a variety, is only about half the size, of a reddish 

 or yellowish colour, with a crenated appearance at the su- 

 tures, and is most probably a perfectly distinct species. 



PLICATUM. 13. Shell slightly plaited on the fore- 

 part, and somewhat decussated with striae; 

 aperture toothed ; beak recurved. 



Buccinum plicatum. Linnaus Sj/st. Nat. p. 1198. Mar- 

 tini, ii. p. 68. t. 37. f. 379 and 380. Schroeter Einl. i. 

 p. 313. Gmelin, p. 3472. Srhreihers Conch, i. p. 142. 

 Cassidea Crumena. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 4^8. 

 Bonanni Rec. 3. f. l6l. Lister Cu/ich. t 1002. f. 67. 

 Gualter, t. 40. f. C. Favamie, I. 20. f. I. 



Inhabits the coasts of Jamaica. Linnccus. Ascension Island. 

 Liste7\ 



Shell about two and a half inches long, and an inch and three- 

 quarters broad, of a cinereous or pale brownish flesh-co- 

 lour ; the upper part of the body-whirl is plaited, and the 

 lower part marked with decussated stiize. Solander for B. 

 plicatum, has quoted Martini, f. 38 1 and 382, which all 

 other Conchologists have considered to be B. tuberosum of 

 Linnaeus, and the description in the Systema Naturae is so 

 short, and the references so discordant, that B. plicatum 

 will probably always continue to be rather a doubtful 

 species. 



CORNUTUM. 14. Shell turbinated, and armed with 

 three transverse rows of tubercles ; inner lip 

 much dilated and rounded; aperture toothed; 

 beak recurved. 



Buccinum cornutum, Var. /3, Schroeter Einl. i. p. 315. 



Gmelin, p. 3473. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 142. 

 Cassidea cornuta, Coquille adulte. Bruguiere Enc. Meth, 



p. 435. 



