756 MUREX. 



Murex asper. Linnaus St/sI. Nat. p. 1226. Gmelin, 



p. 3563. 

 Murex granulatus. Mar?»?e, iv. p. 322. t. 157. f. 1483. 



Schroeter Einl. i. p. 541. Gmelin, Tp. 3563. Schrei- 



hers Conch, i. p. 236. 

 Cerithium asperum. Bru^uiere Enc. Meth. p. 475. 

 Lister Conch, t. 1020. f. 84. Argenville, t. ll.f. K.? 



Seha, iii. t. 50. f. 20, and t. 51. f. 35. Favanne, t. 39- 



f. C 18. 

 Inhabils the coasts of Guinea. Liiinaus. Isle of France, 



Lister. Martinique and St. Domingo. Briiguiere. 

 Shell about two inches long, and not much more than one- 

 fourth as broad ; it has twelve whirls, with about the same 

 number of longitudinal rib-like plaits, on each of which are 

 three small pointed equidistant tubercles ; the colour is 

 M'hite, and is sometimes marked with three transverse nar- 

 row brown stripes on each whirl; the aperture is nearly 

 similar to that of M. Vertagus, but the beak is considerably 

 shorter. 



GRANULATUS. 156. Shell turreted, with five trans- 

 verse striae, and three intermediate rows of 

 tubercles, of which the upper row is largest ; 

 pillar one-plaited. 



Murex granulatus. Linn&us Syst. Nat. p. 1226. 



Murex cingulatus. Gmelin, p. 3561. 



Murex Sinensis, Var. ^. Gmelin, p. 3542. 



Murex, No. 46, and No. 197- Schroeter Linl, i. p. 56l, 



and p. 610. 

 Strombus circulis, &c. Schroeter Fluss. p. 380, t. 9- f. 9» 

 Turbo granulatus minor. Martini, iv. p. 328. t. 157- 



f. 1492. 

 Cerithium granulatum. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 476. 

 Rumphiits, t. 30. f. L. Petiver Amb. t. 7. f. 12. Klein 



Ost. t. 7. f. 1 19. Seba, iii. t. 50. f. 45. 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Limmus. 



Shell about an inch and a half, or sometimes two inches long, 

 and one- fourth as broad, of a yellowish brown colour, with 

 the points of its tubercles whitish ; M. Bruguiere says it has 

 sixteen whirls, with five transverse striae on each, and be- 

 tween these are three rows of tubercles, of which the upper 

 row is rather the largest ; besides the plait on the pillar, he 

 mentions four deep grooves on the lip near the umbilicus, 

 which are peculiar to this species. 



