672 STROMBUS. 



suLCATUS. 29. Shell transversely grooved, with 

 the spire produced and channelled at the su- 

 tures ; outer lijD rounded, short, and sinuated. 



Strombus sulcatus. Chemnitz, xi. p. 142. t. 195 -A. f. 1870 



and 1871. 

 Lister Conch, t. 852. f. S. Favanne, t. 20. f. A 4. 



Inhabits the coasts of China. Chemnitz. 



Shell about three inches long, and but little more than an inch 

 broad, of a yellowish brown colour ; the base of the body- 

 whirl and the spire are transversely grooved, without any lon- 

 gitudinal plaits, and it also differs from S. vittati/s in having 

 a hollow channel instead of an elevated band at the sutures. 



ACCiNCTus. 30. Shell smooth, slightly grooved at 

 the base; outer lip thick, wrinkled within, 

 and extended over two whirls of the spire. 



Strombus accinctus. Linnmis Syst. Nat. p. 1212. Born 



Mns. p. 283. 

 Strombus succinctus. Martini, iii. p. 105. t. 79« f' 815 



and 8l6. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 442. Gmelin, p. 3518. 



Schreibers Conch, i. p. 186. 

 Strombus marginatus. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 431. t. 2. f. 10. 



Chemnitz, x. p. 212. t. 156. f. 1489 and 1490. Gmelin, 



p. 3513. 

 Lister Conch, t. 859- f. l6. Rumphius, t. 37. f. X. Pe- 



tiver Jmh. t. 14.f. 19. Gualter, t. 3o. f. B. Argenville, 



t. 10. f. C. Seba, m.t. 6l. f. 15. 

 Jwiior. With the outer lip not expanded. 



Peti'ver Gaz. t. 98. f. 13. Martini, iii. t. 89. f. 877. Born 



Mus. t. 10. f. 14 and 15. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. Batavia. Petiver. 



Tranquebar. Chemnitz. China. Humphreys. 

 Shell commonly about an inch and three-quarters long, and half 

 as broad, of a pale yellowish or reddish brown colour, with 

 four or five white pencilled transverse bands ; the outer lip 

 is produced, and attached to the two lower whirls of the 

 spire, and has a rounded protuberance in a line with the 

 shoulder of the body-whirl ; the pillar-lip is somewhat gib- 

 bous, and is also extended over the spire ; the upper whirls 

 have a small crenated ridge near the suture. 



rissuRELLA. 31. Shell turreted, with longitudinal 

 ribs, and a marginated fissure extending from 

 the aperture to the summit. 



