MUREX. 



741 



pRisMATicus. ]*20. Shell ovate, with longitudinal 

 plaits, and transverse iridescent elevated 

 belts ; beak short and straight, and the outer 

 lip slightly toothed. 



Murex prisniaticus. Chemnitz, x. p. 282. t. l69- f. 1635 



and 1636. Gmelin, p. 3559- 

 Buccinum prismaticum. Martyn Univ. Conch, i. t. 2. 

 Buccinurn Iris. Portland Cat. p. 14, lot 301. 



Inhabits the coasts of the Friendly Islands. Martyn. Pulo 

 Condore. Chemnitz. 



Shell nearly two iviches long, and three-quarters of an inch 

 broad, and is remarkable for its elevated glittering bluish 

 green transverse belts ; the inside is yellovs'ish, and the outer 

 lip marked at the margin with bright blue striae ; Mr. Hum- 

 phreys in the Portland Catalogue says, * the epidermis of 

 this singular species when wet is of various colours, and it is 

 exceeding scarce.' He has called it the Buccinurn Iris of 

 Solander, but among Solander's MSS.in Sir Joseph Banks's 

 Library, there is not any species described under this name. 



MARoccENsis. 121. Shell fusiform, narrow, with 

 longitudinal nodulous plaits, and thickish 

 transverse stria3 ; whirls reversed, and the 

 beak short and straight. 



1 Murex Maroccensis. Gmelin, p. 3558. 

 Murex, No. 287. Schroeter Einl. i, p. 644. 

 Fusus Maroccanus. Chemnitz, ix. part 1. p. 62. t. 105. f. 



896. 

 Buccinum Scaevolum. Mas. Gevers. p. 304, No. 575. 

 Martini, n. Mannigfalt, iv. p. 422. t. 2. f. 17 to 19. 

 Schroeter Inn. Bau Conch, p. 47. t. 4. f. 6. Favanne^ 

 t. 33. f. A 6. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Morocco. Martini. 

 Shell about an inch and a quarter long, and one fourth as 

 broad, of an uniform pale yellowish brown colour ; it has 

 eight reversed whirls, and the aperture at the upper end is 

 rounded, and terminates below in a short straight beak. 



HARPA. 122. Shell ventricose, with longitudinal 

 transversely striated ribs; spire prominent, 

 and the whirls flattened above. 



Murex Harpa. Gmelin, p. 3554. 



Murex, No. 21 1. Schroeter Einl. I p. 6 J 8. 



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