MUREX. 693 



ihe outer lip is remarkably thick and strongly toothed, and 

 the inner lip wrinkled ; the transverse ribs are rather obsolete, 

 and more or less nodulous, and the colour is yellowish 

 brown. 



ciYRiNUS. 24. Shell with two opposite varices, 

 and tuberculated transverse belts; aperture 

 orbicular. 



Murex Gyrinus. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1216. Born Mm. 



p. 296. Martini, iv. p. 79- t. 127- f. 1224 to 1227, and 



t. 128. f. 1229, 1230, 1234, and 1235. Schroeter Einl. 



i. p. 488. Gmelin, p. 3531. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 



199. 

 Lister Conch, t. 939. f- 34. Gualiery t. 49. f. E. J gen- 



ville, t. 9- f. P. Seba, iii. t. 60. f. 21 to 27. Kiiorr, vi. 



t. 25. f. 5 and 6. Favanne, t 32. f. B 5. 

 Variety. Smaller, and more attenuated at the base. 

 Murex Gyrinus. Montagu Supp. p. 170. 

 Martini, iv. 1. 128. i. 1231 and 1232. Chemnitz, xi. p. 129. 



t. 193. f. I860 and 1861. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean. Linnaus. And also the Atlantic, 

 American, and Indian Shores. Gmelift The variety has 

 been found on the coasts of Scotland, near Dunbar. Mon- 

 tagu. ' 

 Shell most commonly about an inch and a quarter long, and 

 three quarters of an inch br^-ad, with narrow strongly tuber- 

 culated transverse belts, and very tine intermediate striae; the 

 colour is vvhite, or greyish, or brownish white, sometimes 

 marked with chestnut bands, or with two of the transverse 

 belts chestnut, and the others milk white. 



BUFONius. 25. Shell nodulous, with two opposite 

 varices, and transverse granulated striee; out- 

 er lip furrowed, and ending in a channel 

 above. 



Murex bufonius. Gmelin, p. 3534. Chemnitz, xi. p. 120. 



t. 192. f. 1843 to 1846. 

 Murex, No. 33. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 554. 

 Murex Gyrinus, Var. i3. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 199. 

 Argenville, t. 9. f. R. Seba, iii. t. 60. f. 14 and 20. Mar- 

 tini, iv. t. 129. f. 1240 and 1241. Favanne, t. 32. f. B 1. 

 Inhabits the South Sea. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about two inches long, and an inch and a quarter broad, 



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