STROMBUS. 673 



Strombus Fissurella. Linfiam Si/st. Nat. p. 1212. Mar- 

 tini, iv. p. 337. t. 158. f. 1498 and 1499. Schroeter Einl. 

 i. p. 444. Gmelin, p. 3518, Schreibers Couch, i. p. 187. 

 Petiver Gaz. t. 73. f. 7 and 8. Argenville, t. 29. line 2. 

 f. 6. Favanne, t. 79- f. &. 

 Inhabits the East Indies. Petiver. 



Shell about an inch and a quarter long, and half an inch broad, 

 of a dirty white colour, and has a marginated cleft extending 

 from the aperture to the summit ; the outer lip is but little 

 expanded. It is frequently met with in a fossil state, and 

 Petiver asserts that some live shells have been brought from 

 the East Indies. 



URCEUS. 32. Shell with nodulous plaits ou the 

 body-whirl and spire; outer lip double, bi- 

 lobed, short, thickened above and striped 

 within. 



Strombus Urceus. Lirmaus S;i/st. Nat. p. 1212. Martini, 



iii. p. 100. t. 78. f. 803 to 8O9. Born Mus. p. 283. 



Schroeter Einl. 1. p. 445. Gmelin, p. 3518. Schreibers 



Conch, i. p. 187. 

 JBonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 144. Lister Conch, t, 857. 



f. 13. Rumphius, t. 37. f. T. Petiver Gaz. t. 98. f. 



14, and Jmb. 1. 14. f. 21. Gualter, t. 32. f. E. and G. 



Sebtty iii. t. 60. f. 28 and 29- Knorr, iii. t. 13. f. 5. 

 Junior. With the outer lip imperfect. 



Martini, in.i. 88. f. 870.? 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Linnans. Coasts of Amboyna. 

 Rtimphius. Straights of Malacca, Sincapour, Java, and 

 Luzone. Petiver. Isle of France. Martini. China. Hum- 

 phreys. 

 Shell an inch and a half, or sometimes two inches and a half 

 long, and about half as broad, and varies much in its colour 

 and markings ; the pillar-lip is thickened, and slightly plaited 

 at both the extremities ; the outer lip has a prominent ridge 

 running parallel to the margin, and is but a little expanded. 



ERYTHRiNUS. 33. Shell with nodulous plaits on 

 the body-whirl and spire ; outer lip striated 

 on both sides, and the inner lip white and 

 reflected. 



Strombus Erythrinus. Chemnitz, xi. p. 146. t. 195. A. f. 

 1874 and 1875. 

 Inhabits the Red Sea. Chemnitz. 



