NERITA. 997 



Nerita aterrima. Gmelin, p. 3679. Schreibers Conch, i. 

 p. 331. 



Nerita, No. 109. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 337. 



Inhabits 



This shell appears by the figures to be rather hirger than N. 



atrata, and to have the spire rather more produced ; it is of 



a blackish colour, and the aperture white. 



ANTILLARUM. 43. Shell sub-globular, slightly rib- 

 bed transversely, and the summit obtuse; 

 lips wrinkled and denticulated. 



Nerita Antillarum. Gmelin, p. 3685. Schreibers Conch, i. 

 p. 331. 



Nerita, No. 1 10. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 338. 



Nerita iiigerrima, Var. Chemnitz, v. p. 309. t. 192. f. 1987. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the West India islands. Chemnitz. 

 This shell appears by the figures to be seven or eight lines in 



diameter, and very nearly globular; it is black, but the ribs 



are painted darker than their interstices, and the aperture is 



white. 



PELORONTA. 44. Shell somewhat ribbed trans- 

 versely, and the spire pointed ; inner lip 

 slightly and the outer lip strongly toothed. 



Nerita Peloronta. Linnaus Si/st. Nat. p. 1254. Born 



Mus. p. 406. Chemnitz, v. p. 305. t. 192. f. 1977 to 



1984. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 295. Gmelin, p. 3680. 



Schreibers Conch, i, p. 327. 



La Quenotte saignante. Favanne, ii. p. 215 to 217. t. 10. 



f. L 1, and L 2. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 214. Lister Conch, t. 595. 

 f. 1. Gualter, t. 66. f. Z. Jrgenville, t. 7. f. G. Knorr, 

 V. t.3, f.2. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Banda. Linnaus. Barbadoes and Ja- 

 maica. Lister. Red Sea. Forskuel. Martinique, St. Do- 

 mingo, and the Molucca Islands. Favanne. 

 Shell a)i inch or an inch and a quarter long, and about equally 

 broad, of a whitish or pale grey colour, with irregular black 

 and red or purplish longitudinal zic-zac stripes ; the inner 

 lip is rather concave, with two or three large teeth, and an 

 irregular saffron or blood-coloured spot in the middle ; the 

 aperture is white, and the throat of a pale saffron-colour. 

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