828 TURBO. 



lowing species are by no means clear, and he has not men- 

 tioned more than one, though there are two different figures 

 under each of the above numbers. 



8TELLARIS. 29. Shell sub-im perforate, with broad 

 radiated spines, of which there are twelve on 

 the base of the body-whirl. 



Turbo stellaris. Gmelin, p. 3600. 

 Turbo, No. 1. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 62. 

 Trochus stellatus. Chenudtz, v. p. 47. 1. 164. upper figures 

 1552 and 1553. 



Inhabits the South Sea, Chemnitz. 



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

 quarters broad, and of a greenish colour; it differs from T. 

 Calcar in being larger and narrower in proportion to the 

 length, and in having the spines much larger and more nu- 

 merous. 



ACULEATUS. 30. Shell sub-imperforate, with laci- 

 iiiated spines, of which there are nine very 

 large and compressed on the body-whirl. 



Turbo aculeatus. Gmelin, p. 3600. 



Turbo, No. 2. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 62. 



Turbo Calcar, Var. b. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 272. 

 Variety. With the lower whirls more ventricose and produced. 



Turbo, No. 3. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 63. 



Turbo Calcar, Var. c. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 272. 



Calcar Spenglerianum. Chemnitz, v. p. 49. t. l64. f. 1556 

 and 1557. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Nicobar Islands. Chemnitz. 

 This shell is of about the same size as T. stellaris, but has the 



spines shorter, broader, and laciniated, and is of a sea-green 



colour ; in the Variety the body-whirl and the first whirl of 



the spire appear to be ventricose, and much more produced, 



and the base is more rounded. 



STELLATUS. 31. Shell sub-pyramidal, yellowish, 

 with the base flattened, and the lower mar- 

 gins of the whirls spinous. 



Turbo stellatus. Gmelin, p. 3600. 



Turbo, No. 4. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 63. 



Trochus leviter radiatus, sen niuricatus. ChemnitZ; v. p. 49. 



t. 164. f. 1558 and 1559. 

 linorr, iv. t. 4. f. 5. 



