734 MUREX. 



Lister Anim. Ang. t. S. f. 4, and Conch, t. 913. f. 5. 



Inhabits the coasts of Southern Europe. Linnccus. Great 

 Britain. IJster, <5)c. Iceland. Martini. 



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

 white, and covered when alive with a brown epidermis ; 

 it has eight or nine rounded whirls, and the spire ter- 

 minates in a small rounded knob; the aperture is oblong- 

 oval, with rather a long, curved, and slightly ascending beak. 



LiNEATUS. 105. Shell oblong, whitish, with red- 

 dish transverse stria3 ; beak short and straight. 



Murex lineatus. Chemnitz, x. p. 9,78. t. l64.{. 157^' Gme- 



lin, p. S559. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 230. 

 Buccinum Linea. Martyn Univ. Conch, ii. t. 48. 



Inhabits the coasts of New Zealand. Martyn. 



Shell about an inch and three-quarters long, and half as broad, 

 of a whitish colour, prettily marked with brownish red trans- 

 verse stricB. 



LiGNARius. 106. Shell oblong, coarse, with ob- 

 tusely nodulous whirls; aperture toothless, 

 and the beak rather short and straight. 



Murex lignarius. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1224. Gmelin, 



p. 3552. 

 Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 32. Seba, iii. t. 52. f. 4. 



Inhabits the coasts of Southern Europe. Linnaus. 



Linnaeus, in addition to the above character, has described this 

 shell to be about as long as a finger, smooth, coarse, and 

 armed with a single row of obtuse protuberances. He has 

 quoted the above figures from Bonanni and Seba, and to 

 these Gmelin has added Knorr, vi. t. 26. f. 5, which is more 

 like Voliita turrita. Born has described M. Nassa under 

 this name, and according to MuUer, M. lignainus is the shell 

 which Born considered to be the Linnaean M. Javanus. 

 Ulysses says it corresponds tolerably well with Gualter, t. 52. 

 f. S, which Linnaeus with a mark of doubt has quoted, and 

 this appears to be different from either of the above-men- 

 tioned shells, so that the M. lignarius must be regarded as 

 a doubtful species. 



NASSA. 107. Shell ovate, transversely striated, with 

 a row of nodulous plaits on the shoulder of 

 the whirls, and a transverse belt below; beak 

 short, and the pillar plaited. 



