850 TURBO. 



p. 3604. Chemnitz, xi. p. 156. t. 195 A. f. 1880 and 

 1881. 

 Lister Conch, t. 588. f. 52. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the West India Islands. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about ten lines long, and one third as broad ; white, with 

 eight somewhat rounded contiguous whirls, which are cre- 

 nated, or rather nodulous on their upper margins ; the keel 

 near the base of the body-whirl is also nodulous. 



LACTEUS. 94. Sheli turreted, with longitudinal 

 elevated crowded stria?. 



Turbo lacteus. Linnaus Sj/st. "Nat. p. 1238. Gmelirif 



p. 3604. 

 Ginanni Adr. t. 6. f. 55. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean. Linnaus. 



Linnaeus, with the above reference to Ginanni, has described 

 this shell as being of the size of a grain of barley, while, and 

 resembling T. Clathrus, from which it differs in being much 

 smaller, and in the striae not being membranaceous. 



ELEGANTissiMUS. 95. Shell turreted, with the whirls 

 obliquely ribbed, and the aperture somewhat 

 angulated at both ends. 

 Turbo elegantissimus. Montagu Test. p. 298. t. 10. f. 2. 

 Turbo acutus. Donovan, v. t. 179- f. 1- 

 Helix eleganiissima. Maton and Racket, in Lin. Trans. 



viii. p. 209. 

 Walker's Minute Shells, f. 39. 

 Inhabits the coasts of England. Walker, ^c 

 Shell about a quarter or three-eighths of an inch long, and 

 one-fourth as broad, white, glossy, and semi-pellucid. Mr. 

 Montagu says it has from nine to thirteen whirls, which are 

 defined by the suture, and cut longitudinally into regular 

 equidistant furrows ; aperture sub-orbicular, but is a little 

 angulated at the upper and lower ends. 



SIMILLIMUS. 96. Shell turreted, with longitudinal 

 straight ribs, and the aperture sub-ovate. 



Turbo simiUimus. Montagu Supp. p. 136. 



Inhabits the shores of the Island of Jura. Mr. Laskey. 



Mr. Montagu says, " This shell has much the habit of Turbo 

 elegantissimus, but is not so slender, the ribs are less nume- 

 rous, and consequently more distant, the sulci, or depressions, 

 being larger than the elevations. Those who have an op- 



