866 TURBO, 



is very nearly equal ; it has five or six convex minutely stri- 

 ated whirls, and is of a whitish or yellowish colour, with 

 reddish transverse bands. MuUer has mentioned the follow- 

 ing Varieties : A, with two nearly equal bands. B, with 

 four bands, of which the lowest is remote. C, with five 

 bands, of which the lowest is remote and broader. Gmelin 

 appears to have accidentally omitted this species. 



FOLIACEUS. 121. Shell trochiform, with foliaceoiis 

 wrinkles, variegated with white and rose- 

 colour, and the umbilicus large. 



Turbo foliaceus. Chemnitz, ix. part 2. p. 59- 1. 123. f. 1069 

 and 1070. Gmelin, p. 3602. 



Inhabits 



Chemnitz has not mentioned the size, but by his figure this 

 shell appears to be about sixteen lines long and fourteen 

 broad, and is strongly wrinkled longitudinally, especially on 

 the body whirl ; it is said to be white variegated with rose- 

 colour, and has much the habit of a Helix, but the aperture 

 is round. 



MARGiNATUs. 122. Shell umbilicated, sub-ovate, 

 wrinkled, and the whirls transversely margi- 

 nated and striated. 



Turbo marginatus. Chemnitz, ix. part 2. p. 60. t. 123. 

 f. 1075. 



Turbo limbatus. Gmelin, p. 3606. 

 Inhabits Coromandel. Chemnitz. 

 This shell appears by the figures to be about a quarter of an 



inch long, and equally broad, and is of a whitish colour; 



the body-whirl has rather a broad rib round the shoulder, 



and the aperture is somewhat marginated. 



CARINATUS. 123. Shell rounded, sub-pyramidal, 

 with three keels on each whirl, and a large 

 spiral umbilicus. 



Turbo carinatus. Born Mas. p. 353. t. 13. f . 3 and 4. 



Gmelin, p. 3601. 

 Turbo, No. 118. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 103. 

 Helix tricarinata, Chemnitz, ix. part 2. p. 85. t. 126. 



f. 11 03 and 11 04. ? Gmelin, p. 362 1 . ? 

 Le Cabestan. Favanne Cat. Rais. p. 7. 

 Lister Conch, t. 28. f. 26. 

 Inhabits Jamaica, and is a land shell. Chemnitz. 



