658 STROMBUS. 



Gualter, t. S6. f. C. Argenville, t. 14. f. B. Knorr, 

 ii. t. 3. f. 1. Fami/ue, t. 22. f. B. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyua. Rumphius. China. Hum- 



ph?eys. 

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

 quarters broad without including the spines, of which the one 

 at the base measures about an inch ; it is white, mottled 

 with brownish flesh-colour, and the lips are violet, with 

 white elevated strias. 



LAMBis. 7. Shell ovate, and tuberculated ; aiDer- 

 ture with seven claws, and the throat and 

 lips smooth. 



Strombus Lambis. Linnccus S^st. Nat. p. 1208. Mar- 

 tini, iii. p. 154. Born Mus. p. 273. Schroeter Einl. 

 i. p. 422, and Inn. Ban Conch, t. 2. f. 1. Gmelin, p. 

 3508. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 177. Shaw Nat. Misc. 

 xxiii. t. 101 1. Brookes's Introd. p. 115. t. 7- f. 86. 



Pterocera Lambis. Lamarck Syst. des Anim. p. 81. 

 Variety A. With the claws nearly straight. 



Lister Conch, t. 866. f. 21. Rumphius, t. 35. f. H. Gual- 

 ter, t. 36. f. A and B. Argenvilie, t. 14. f. E. Knorr, 

 i. t. 28. f. 1. Martini, iii. t. 87. f. 858 and 859. 

 Variety B. With the claws longer and more slender, and the 



throat orange. 



Strombus Scorpio. Chemnitz, x. p. 224. t. 158. f. 1508 

 and 1509. 



Strombus, No. 58. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 469- t. 2. f. 15, 

 and t. 7. f. 1. 



Knorr, v. t. 4. f. 3. 

 Variety C. With the claws strong and somewhat hooked. 



Strombus Camelus. Chemnitz, x. p. 205. t. 155. f. 1478. 



Rumphius f t. 55. f. F. 

 Junior. With the lip partially or not expanded. 



Rumphius, t. 35. f. D, and t. 36. f. G. Petiver Amh. t. 

 14. f. 8, and 14. Gualter, t. 30. f. A. Seba, iii. t. 61. 

 f. 9 and 10. Knorr, ii. t. 27. f. 4, and iii. t. 7. f. 1. 

 Martini, iii. t. 90. f. 884, t. 91. f. 888 and 889, and t. 

 92. f. 902 and 903. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Asia. Linnceus. Amboyna. Rumphius. 



Banda, and Frederick's Islands. Regenjuss. Red Sea. For- 



skael. Batavia. Martini. China, Madagascar, and the 



South Sea. Humphreys. 

 Shell commonly about four inches long, and two inches and a 



half broad, without including the claws, and the Variety C 



