848 TURBO. 



Turbo margaritaceus. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1236. Born 



Mus.p. 351.? Chemnitz, v. p. 17(). t. 177. f. 1762. 



Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 29- t. 3. f. 18. Gmelin, p. 3599. 

 La Bouche d'Argent des lies Fredericiennes. Favanne, ii. 



p. 10. 

 Rumphius, t. 19. f. 3 and 4. Argenvil/e, t. 6. f. A. Sebaj 



iii. t. 74. f. 4. Regeiifuss, i. t. 10. f. 43. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Frederick's Islands. Regerif'uss. 

 Linnaeus says that this shell differs from T. argyrostomus in be- 

 ing of a greenish white colour, with brown instead of ferrugi- 

 nous or purplish spots, and he has quoted Rumphius, t. 19. 

 f. 3. for both these species ; the shell which Born has de- 

 scribed appears to me to be certainly nothing more than a 

 variety of T. argyrostomus, and they approach each other in 

 all respects so closely that I am unable to find any separat- 

 ing line. 



PORPHYRiTES. 77. Shell slightly granulated, with 

 the spire flattish, and the base produced; 

 aperture silvery. 



Turbo Porphyrites. Gmelin, p. 3602. 



Turbo versicolor. Gmelin, p. 3599. 



Turbo argyrostomus, Var. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 276 ! 



Turbo, No. 8. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 64. 



Cochlea lunaris complanata. Chemnitz, v. p. l63. t. 176. f. 



1740 and 1741. 

 Limax Porphyrites. Martyn Univ. Conch, ii. t. 70. 

 Lister Conch, t. 576. f. 29. ? 



Inhabits the coasts of New Caledonia. Martyn. 



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

 broad, mottled with green, brown, and white, forming ir- 

 regular somewhat tessellated transverse stripes ; the lip is 

 much thickened and produced under the umbilicus, and has 

 a groove near the middle. 



MESPiLUs. 78. Shell with four rounded whirls, and 

 a tessellated brown and white band at the su- 

 ture ; aperture silvery, and the pillar white. 



Turbo Mespilus. Gmelin, p. 3601. 



Turbo, No. 9. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 65. 



Mespilum. Chemnitz, v. p. 164. t. 176. f. 1742 and 1743. 

 Inhabits the South Sea. Chemnitz. 

 This shell appears, by Chemnitz's figures, to be nearly an inch 



