670 STROMBtrS. 



tiver Amh. t. 14. f. 18. Seba, iii. t. 62. f. 21, 22, and 

 2G. Kjiorr, vi. t. 33. f. 2. Favanne, t. 20. f. A 6. 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Linnmis. Red Sea. Forskael. 



Coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. China. Humphreys. 

 Shell about three inches long, and rather less than half as 

 broad, and is white, or fawn-coloured mottled with white; 

 the aperture is white, and the outer lip nearly semi-circular, 

 and not expanded at its upper end. 



MINIMUS. 26. Shell somewhat plaited longitudi- 

 nally, and transversely nodulous; aperture 

 sinuated at both ends, and the outer lip slight- 

 ly reflected at the margin. 



Strombus minimus. Linnaus Mantissa, p. 549. Schroe- 

 ter Einl. i. p. 439. t. 2. f. 11. Chemnitz, x. p. 214. t. 

 156. f. 1491 and 1492. Gmelin, p.35l6. 

 Rumphius, t. 36. f. P. Petiver Amh. 1. 14. f. 16. Gual- 

 ter, t. 31. f. L. 



Inhabits the East Indies. Linnaus. Coasts of Amboyna. 

 Rumphius. Tranquebar. Chemnitz. 



Shell an inch and a quarter or an inch and a half long, and ra- 

 ther more than half as broad ; it is white, and has four or live 

 broad pale yellowish brown transverse bands, with darker 

 longitudinal stripes ; the shoulder of the body-whirl, as well 

 as the spire, is slightly plaited and nodulous, in which respect 

 it differs from S. Epidromis, and it may be at once distin- 

 guished from S. Urceus by its much more expanded outer 

 lip. 



CANARIUM. 27. Shell thick, ventricose, and some- 

 what heart-shaped ; aperture polished, and 

 the outer lip short, thick, and obtuse at the 

 margin. 

 Strombus Canarium. Linnceus S^/st. Nat. p. 1211. Mar- 

 tini, iii. p. 108. t. 79- f. 818. BornMus. p. 282. Schroe- 

 ter Einl. i. p. 440. Gmelin, p. 3517. Schreibers Conch. 

 i. p. 185. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 146. Lister Conck. t. 853. 

 f. 9. Rumphius, t. 36. f. N. Petiver Gaz. t. 98. f. 11, 

 and Jmb. t. 14. f. 17- Gualter, t. 32. f. N. Argen- 

 ■ville, t. 14. f. Q. Klein Ost. t. 4. f. 73. Seba, iii. t.62. 

 f. 23 to 25, 28 and 29. Knorr, i. t. 18. f. 5. Famnne, 

 t. 20. f. A 5. 



