74B MUREX. 



VERTAGUS. 140. Shell ventricose, with the upper 

 halves of the whirls longitudinally plaited ; 

 pillar with one plait, and the beak ascending'. 



Murex Vertagus. Linnceus Syst. ISlat. p. 1225. Martini, 

 iv. p. 319. t. 156. f. 1479, and t. 157. f. 1480. Born 

 Mns. p. 320. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 534. Gmelin, p. 

 3560. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 234. Burrow's Ele- 

 ments, p. 165. t. 18. f. 6. 

 Cerithium Vertagus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 473. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kir-ch. 3. f. 84. Lister Conch, t. 1020. 

 f. 83. Rumphius, t. 30. f. K. Petiver Gaz. t. 56. f. 4, 

 and Amb. t. 13. f. 14. Gualter, t. 57. f. D. Argenville, 

 t. 11. f. P. Klein Ost. t. 7- f. 118. Seba, iii. t. 50. 

 f. 42, and t. 51. f. 24, 33, and 34. Knorr,_ vi. t. 40. 

 f. 4 and 5. Favanne, t. 39. f • C l6. 

 Variety/. Less ventricose, and ornamented with yellowish or 

 reddish transverse stripes. 

 Murex Vertagus, Var. /?. Schroeter EinL i. p. 534. Gme- 



lin, p. 3560. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 234. 

 Cerithium fasciatum. Bruguiere Enc. Meth, p. 474. 

 Turbo fasciatus. Martini, iv. p. 321. t. 157. f. 1481 and 



148'2. 

 Lister Conch, t. 1021. f. 85 b. Gualter, t. 57- f. F and H. 

 Seba, iii. t, 50. f. 43 and 44. Knorr, iii. t. 20. f. 3, and 

 V. t. 15. f. 6. Favanne, t. 39- f • C 15. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. East Indies. 



Martini. 

 Shell about two inches and a half long, and rather more than 

 one-fourth as broad, of a milk-white colour, when deprived 

 of the brown epidermis with which live shells are covered ; 

 the upper half of the lower whirls is strongly plaited longitu- 

 dinally, and the uppermost whirls are almost wholly covered 

 by the plaits; the beak is rather long, and bent so as to form 

 aright angle with the body-whirl. The variety is narrower, 

 and has the plaits less prominent, and crossed by more dis- 

 tinct transverse striag. 



PLiCATULus. 141. Shell ventricose, transversely 

 striated, with nodulous longitudinal plaits on 

 the whirls, and the aperture oval. 



Murex plicatulus. Gmelin, p. 3561. Schreibers Conch, i, 

 p. 206. 

 . Murex, No. 43. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 559. 

 Buccinum fuscatum. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 282. ? 



