724 MUREX. 



PERVERSUS. 85. Shell with the body-whirl ventri- 

 cose, and the whirls reversed, and slightly 

 coronated ; aperture dilated, and the beak 

 long. 



Murex perversus, Linnccus Si/st. Nat. p. 1222. Born. 



Mus. p. 313. t. IJ. r. 8 and y. Schroeter Eml. i. p. 



521. Chemnitz^ ix. part 1. p. 67- t. 106. f. 900 to 903, 



and t. 107. f. 904 to 907- Grnelin, p. 3546. 

 Bonanni Kirch. 3. f. 402. Lister Conch, t. 907. f. 27, 



and t. 908. f. 28. Jrgenville, t. 15. f. F. SebUf in. t. 



68. f. 21 and 22. Regetifuss, ii. t. 3. f. 25. Favanne, 



t. 23. f. H 2. 

 Inhabits the American Seas. LinmEus. Bay of Campechy. 

 Lister. Coasts of Jamaica, Mexico, and the West Indies. 

 Martini. Florida and North America. Humphreys. 

 Shell five or six inches long, and about half as broad, and 

 those which are proportionably narrower have not attained 

 to maturity; Born has described his specimen to be one 

 foot long and six inches broad ; the body-whirl is transversely 

 keeled, and nodulous on the shoulder, and the spire slightly 

 coronated ; the colour is whitish, more or less striped longi- 

 tudinally with red. 



ANTiQuus. 86. Shell oblong, ventricose, with round- 

 ed whirls and slightly decussated strise ; aper- 

 ture dilated, with a short beak, and the throat 

 yellowish. 



Murex antiquus. LinntBus Syst. Nat. p. 1222. Martini, 

 iv. p. 127. t. 138. f. 1292 and 1294. Schroeter Einl. i. 

 p. 522. Grnelin, p. 3546. Schreibers Conch. \. p. 127. 

 Maton and Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 145. Dorset 

 Cat. p. 47. t. 17. f. 4. 



Murex despectus. Pennant Zool. iv. p. 124. t. 78. f, 98. 

 Born Mus. p. 314. Pulteneys Dorset, p. 43. Dono- 

 van, i. t. 31. Montagu Test. p. 256. 



Buccinum magnum. Da Costa Brit. Conch, p. 120. t. 

 6. f. 4. 



Tritonium antiquum. Muller Zool. Dan. iii. p. 64. 1. 118. 

 f. 1 to 3. Fabricius Fauna Granl. p. 397. 



Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 190, and Kirch, f. 192. Lister Conch. 

 t. 913. f. 4, and Anim. Ang. t. 3. f. 1. 

 Variety. With the whirls reversed. 



Murex contrarius. Linnccus Mantissa j p. 551. Chemnitz, 



