STROMBUS. 67y 



Fariety. Without a transverse line on the whirls. 

 Strombus turboformis. Montagu Supp. p. 110, and p, 169. 

 t. 30. f. 7. 



Inhabits tlie coasts of the West of England. Da Costa, 8cc. 

 Plentiful in Bantry Bay. L. W. D. 



Shell about half an inch long, and one third as broad, of a 

 dark brown or chestnut-colour ; it has ten or eleven rounded 

 wliirls, which are longitudinally ribbed, and furnished with 

 a transverse line which becomes double at the base of the 

 body-whirl ; the aperture is roundish, and ends in a short 

 canal, which has not any inclination to the left, or any other 

 mark to distinguish it from that of many of the turreted 

 Murices. Strombus costatus of Schroeter, which is Helix 

 Acicula of Gmelin, appears to me to possess much more 

 affinity with the present species than with any of the Helices, 

 and is said to be a native of the coast of Coromandel. 



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