730 MUREX. 



CLATHRATUS. 96. Shell oblong, with longitudinal 

 somewhat membranaceous ribs, and a short 

 beak. 



Murex clathratus. Linnccus Syst. Nat. p. 1223. Schroe- 



ter EinL i. p. 528. Gmelin, p. 3551. 

 Buccinum muricinum. Gmelin, p. 3503. 

 Buccinum, No. 1381. G7'onovius Zooph.p, 308. 

 Lister Conch, t. 926. f. IQ. Klein Ost. t. 3. f. 6?. 



Inhabits the coasts of Iceland. Linnceus. 



Linnaeus says this shell resembles Turbo Clathrus both in size 

 and habit, but has a short beak, and numerous erect com- 

 pressed longitudinal plaits ; he has quoted Klein, whose 

 figure is a copy from Lister, t. 926, and the latter has been 

 referred to by Gronovius for a Buccinum, with the follow- 

 ing description, * Shell reticulated and wrinkled ; spire in- 

 curved, and the aperture crenated ; pillar wrinkled, and the 

 outer lip thick.' 



LAMELLOSus. 97. Shell ventricose, turreted, with 

 parallel membranaceous longitudinal ribs, 

 and transverse stria? ; beak short, and the 

 throat purplish. 



Murex lamellosus. Gmelin, p. 3536. 



Murex Magellanicus, Var. «. Gmelin, p. 3548. Schrci- 



bers Conch, i. p. 206. 

 Murex plicatus. Portland Cat. p. 104. No. 2284. 

 Murex, No, 38. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 557. 

 Muriciformis granatus. Mus. Gevers. p. 3l6. No. 685. 

 Buccinum Geversianum. Pallas Spic. Zool. x. p. 33. t. 3. 



f. 1 and 2. 

 Buccinum laciniatum. Martmi Univ. Conch, ii. t. 42, 

 Buccinum Harpa, Var. /3. Gmelin, p. 3482. 

 Knorr, iv. t. 30. f. 2. D 'Atiila, 1. 10. f. B and d. Favanne, 



t. 37. f. H 1. 

 Variety. Shell smaller, and rather narrower in proportion to 

 the length. 

 Murex foliaceus minor. Chemnitz, xi. p. 108. t. 190. f. 



1823 and 1824. 

 Favanne, t. 79- f. I. 

 Inhabits the Straights of Magellan. D'Avila. Coasts of the 



Falkland Islands. Martyn. 

 Shell three or four inches long, and two-thirds as broad, of a 

 pale greyish or whitish colour, and the inside violet or pur- 



