STROMBUS. 675 



Strombus Vexillum. Chemnitz, x. p. 222. t. 157- f. 1504 



and 1505. Gmelin, p. 3520. 

 Strombus, No. 11. Kcsmmerer Cab. Riidolst. p. 119- t.7. 

 f. 2 and 3. 



Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 



Shell about ten lines long and six broad, with alternate reddish 

 and ochraceous transverse bands ; the outer lip is finely 

 toothed on its inside, and the throat is white ; it is said to 

 be a very scarce shell, and judging from Chemnitz's figure, it 

 has not much the appearance of a Strombus. 



NORWEGicus. 37. Shell oblong, smooth, with six 

 produced rounded whirls ; aperture ovate, 

 patulous, and the outer lip slightly expanded. 



Strombus Norwegicus. Chemnitz, x. p. 218. t. 157. f. 



1497 and 1498. Gmelin, p. 3520. 

 Seha, iii. t. 52. f. 9. ? 



Inhabits the coasts of Norway. Chemnitz. 



Shell about three inches long, and an inch and a half broad, of 

 a dirty white colour ; the canal at the base of the aperture 

 is slightly recurved, and the throat is said to be ivory-white ; 

 the figure which Chemnitz has given has more the appear- 

 ance of being a Murex allied to M. antiquus, than of any 

 Strombus with which I am acquainted. 



w ^ W 'A* 



Turretecl, ivith a very long spire. 



TUBERCULATUS. 38. Shell ovate-oblong, with trans- 

 verse rows of dark tubercles, and transversely 

 striated ; outer lip thickened. 



Strombus tuberculatus. LinncBus Syst. Nat. p. 121S. 



Bom Mus. p. 284. 1. 10. f. l6 and 17. Schroeter Einl. 



i. p. 477. Gmelin, p. 3521. 

 Turbo rostratus. Martini, iv. p. 327. t. 157. f. 1490. 

 Cerithium Morus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 500. 

 Murex tuberculatus. Gmelin, p. 3564. 

 Murex sordidus. Gmelin, p- 3561. 

 Murex, No. 171. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 598, and No. 45. 



p. 560. 

 Seba, iii. t. 55, fig. in the right hand corner of the group, 



No. 21. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean. LinncBus. 

 Shell most commonly about fourteen lines long, and eight 



