668 STROMBUS. 



*#* JJ^ith the outer Lip very large. 



GiGAS. 22. Shell crowned with large conical spines, 

 and slightly ribbed transversely; outer lip 

 much expanded. 



Strombus Gigas. Linnaeus Si/st Nat. p. 1210. Martini, 



iii. p. 117. t. 80. f. 824. Born Mus. p. 281. Sc/iroeter 



EinL i, p. 436, and Inn. Bau Conch, p. 20. t. 1. f. 1. 



Gmelin, p. 3515. Schreihers Conch, i. p. 184. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 304. Gualter, t. 33. f. A, 



and t. 34. Favanne, i. 20. f. C 1. 

 Junior. With the outer lip not expanded. 



Strombus Lucifer. LiinKEus Sj/st. Nat. p. 1210. Martini, 



iii. p. 173. t. 90. f. 878, 879, 881, 885, and 886. Born 



Mus. p. 280. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 435. Gmelin, p. 



3515. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 184. 

 Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 303, and Kirch, f. 305. Lister Conch. 



t. 886. f. 7, t. 887. f. 8, and t. 888. f, 9- Gualter, t. 



54. f. M. Jrgenville, t. 14. f. I. Klein Ost. t. 4. f. 85. 



Seba, iii. t. 62. f. 38 to 40. Knorr, ii. t. 29- f. 1- 

 Inhabits the southern coasts of America. LinncEus. Jamaica. 



Lister. West India Islands. Martini. 

 This well known shell is sometimes a foot long, and ten inches 

 broad, and on account of its large rich rose-coloured aper- 

 ture is often used as an ornament for uiantel-pieces. Some 

 shells are much more distinctly ribbed than others. 



LATissiMus. 23. Shell somewhat nodose, and the 

 spire unarmed ; outer lip rounded and very 

 large. 



Strombus latissimus. Linnccus Syst. Nat. p. 1211. Mar- 

 tini, iii, p. 126. t. 82. f. 832, and t. 83. f. 835. Schroe- 

 ter Einl. i. p. 437. Gmelin, p. 3516. Schreibers Conch. 

 i. p. 185. Shaw NaC. Misc. xiii. t. 519. 



Strombus latus. Gmelin, p. 3520. ? 



Strombus Goliath. Chemnitz, xi. p. 147. t. 195 B. 



Lister Conch, t. 856. f. 12 c, and t. 862. f. J 8 a. Rum- 

 phius, t. 36. f. L. Petiver Amb. t. 14. f. 9- Seba, iii. 

 t. QS. f. 1 and 2. 

 Junior. With the outer lip unexpanded. 



Seba, iii. t. 83. f. 12 to 14. Martini, iii. t. 89- f. 874. 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Linnmis. Coasts of Amboyna. 



Rumphius. Pulo Condore and China. Humphreys. 



