674 STROMBUS. 



Shell about thirteen lines long and six broad, shining, reddish, 

 and tinged with rose-colour; the inner lip is thickened, 

 somewhat reflected, white, and striated at the base. 



SAMAR. 34. Shell smooth, thin, and plaited on the 

 shoulder of the body-whirl ; outer lip very 

 little expanded and three-toothed ; base and 

 pillar dark brown or violet. 



Strombus Samar. Chemnitz, x. p. 221. t. 157. f. 1503. 

 Strombus tridentatus. Gmelin, p. 5519. 

 Strombus Urceus, Var. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 187- 

 Strombus, No. 1 . Schroeter Einl. i. p. 450. 

 Alata Samar. Mus. Geversianum, p. 336, No. 841. Mar- 

 tini, iii. p. 102. t. 7B. f. 810 to 814. 

 Lister Conch, t. 858. f. 14. Rumphius, t. 37. f. Y. Pe- 

 tiver Amb. t. 14. f. 15. , Gualter, t. 33. f. C and D. 

 Seba, iii. t. 6l. f. 34. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. East Indian 



Seas. Martini, S^c. 

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

 of a yellowish white colour, spotted and clouded with brown 

 or orange ; the spire is produced, and consists of eight or 

 nine slightly ventricose whirls ; the outer lip is but very little 

 expanded, and is thickened at its upper extremity. 



DENTATUs. 35. Shell longitudinally plaited, with 

 the outer lip slightly expanded and toothed, 

 and sinuated near the base ; inner lip thick- 

 ened and reflected ; throat striped. 



Strombus dentatus. Linnczus Syst. Nat. p. 1213. Schroe- 

 ter Einl. i. p. 446. t. 2. f. 12.? Chemnitz, x. p. 220. t. 

 157. f. 1501 and 1502. Gme/w, p. 3519- Schreibers 

 Conch, i. p. 188. 

 Seba, iii. t. 61. f. 25. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Isle of France. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about an inch and a half long, and nearly, half as broad, 

 variegated with different shades of brown and white dots 

 and stripes ; it resembles S. Urceus, but is said to be more 

 obliquely plaited, and to have the whirls more distant and 

 the aperture more distinctly striated. 



VEXILLUM. 36. Shell ovate, rather solid, and the 

 spire small ; outer lip slightly expanded, 

 somewhat thickened, and toothed on the in- 

 side ; pillar flat and glabrous. 



