TROCHUS. 



805 



Rumphius, t. 21. f. 7. Glial ter, t. 60. f. N. Geve, t. 7. 

 f. 5b and 50. Regenfuss, i. t. 2. f. 13. 



Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. Frederick's Isl- 

 ands. Regenfuss. 



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

 white, with the spaces between the obtuse plaits on the low- 

 er half of the whirls, and the row of granules above them, 

 generally of a dull olive-green, but Fuvanne says it some- 

 times varies in colour ; the base is white and spotless, with 

 the inner lip incurved, and the pillar longitudinally grooved 

 and twisted. 



PYRAMis. 107. Shell conical, with imbricated, 

 whirls, granulated in transverse rows, and 

 crenated on their lower margins; base flat, 

 and the pillar grooved and twisted. 



Trochus Pyramis. Born Mus. p. 333. Chemnitz, v. p. 

 ig. 1. 160. f. 1510 to 1512. 



Trochus Obeliscus. Gmelin, p. 3579- Schreibers Conch. 

 i. p. 261. 



Trochus, No. 1. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 678. 



Le Sabot echancre. Favanne, ii. p. 384. t. 13. f. 8c. 



Knorr, i. t. 12. f. 4. Geve, t. 9- f. 68. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Otaheite. Favanne. East Indian Seas. 



Chemnitz. 

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



long, and the length rather exceeds the breadth ; it has twelve 



or thirteen short whirls, with four or five transverse rows of 



granules on the first, and their number decreases upwards ; 



the colour is greenish clouded with brown, and the base is 



white \ the inside is pearly. 



DENTATUS. 108. Shell conical, with the whirls 

 obliquely wrinkled, and remotely coronated 

 at their lower margins ; pillar grooved and 

 twisted. 



Trochus dentatus. Forskael Descript. Anim. p. 125. 



Chemnitz, v. p. 23. t. I6l. f. 1516 and 1517. 

 Trochus foveolatus. Gmelin, p. 3580. Schroeter Conch. 



i. p. 262. 

 Trochus nodosus. Meuschen Mus. Gevers. p. 284, No. 



421. 

 Trochus, No, 5. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 680. 



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