BUCCINUM. ^45 



HECTICUM. 137. Shell turreted, with the whirls 

 transversely divided, and the iipjDer margin 

 compressed and attenuated. 



Buccinum hecticum. Linnaus S^st. Nat. p. 1206. Chem- 

 nitz, xi. p. 95. t. 188. f. 1817 and 1818. 



Inhabits the African Ocean. Linnaus. 



Linnaeus has not given any description or further account of 

 this species than what is contained in the above short speci- 

 fic character, and he has only referred to Gualter, t. 56. f. C, 

 and Seba, iii. t. 56. f. 21, both of which are doubtful figures. 

 Meuschen suspects it is the same as B. dimidiatum, and tho 

 shell figured by Chemnitz may probably be only a variety of 

 that species. It is four and a half inches long, and about 

 one sixth as broad ; the upper compressed part of the whirls 

 is of a pale reddish brown, and the lower division is marked 

 with large spots of the same colour on a white ground. 



GEMINUM. 138. Shells turreted ; whirls transverse- 

 ly divided, with the lower divisions slightly 

 striated, and the upper more protuberant. 



Buccinum geminura. LinrKZus Mant. p. 550. Gmelin, p. 

 3506. 



Inhabits 



Linnaeus describes this species to be subulate, white, with the 

 whirls transversely divided; the lower division is broadest, 

 and is marked with transverse obsolete striae, of which the 

 uppermost are thickest, and the lower division is narrower, 

 but more elevated and smooth. 



PROxiMATUM. 139. Shell turreted, with the whirls 

 transversely divided ; lower division slightly 

 striated, and the upper iiliform. 



Buccinum proximatum. Linnmis Mantissa, p. 550. Gme- 

 lin, p. 3505. 



Inhabits 



No subsequent author has ascertained this species, and it is de- 

 scribed by Linnaeus to be subulate, glossy, with the lower 

 division of the whirls broadest, and obsoletely striated trans- 

 versely. 



MONILE. 140. Shell turreted ; whirls transversely 

 divided, with the lower division grooved, and 

 the upper moniliform. 



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