DENTALIUM. 1065 



Dentalium striatulum. GmeUriy p. 3738. Matoti and Rac- 

 ket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 238. Montagu Supp. p. 155. 

 Brookes's Introd. p. 140. t.Q. f- 12f^. 

 Dentalium octangulatum. Donovan, v. t. l62. 

 Dentalium, No. 3. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 528. 

 Lister Conch, t. 547, lower fig. Martini, i. p. 33. t. 1. f, 

 5 E. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Sicily. Martini. Cornwall. Donovan. 

 Shell about two inches long, and appears, from Mr. Donovan's 

 description, to differ principally from D. aprinum in liaving 

 only eight ribs, and the interstices striated ; much reliance 

 cannot, however, be placed on the number of the ribs, for 

 D. elephantinum is often found with only eight, and is so 

 represented in most of the figures to which Linnaeus has re- 

 ferred ; if D. striatum and D. octangulatum are the same, 

 of which there can be very little doubt, the colour of this 

 species is sometimes green and sometimes white, or reddish 

 brown, if the colouring of Mr. Brookes's figure is correct. 



DENTALis. 5. Shell slightly curved, with about 

 tweuty longitudinal striae, and the summit 

 pointed. 



Dentalium Dentalis. Linnaus Si/st. Nat. p. 1263. Born 

 Mus. p. 432. t. 18. f. 13. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 522. 

 Gmelin, p. 3736. Maton and Racket, in Lin. Trans. 

 viii. p. 237. 

 Dentalium striatum. Montagu Test. p. 495. 

 L'Epingle courbe. Favanne, i. p. 634. t. 5. f. E 4. 

 Rumphius, t. 41. f. 6. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean. LinneBUS. Coasts of Amboyna. 

 Rumphius. West of England. Mo7itagu. 



Shell twelve or fourteen lines long, and at the base only one 

 line in diameter ; it is sharp pointed, and closely and regu- 

 larly striated longitudinally throughout, and sometimes a few 

 faint annulations are observable towards the base ; foreign 

 specimens are reddish, but those which Mr. Montagu found 

 on the coasts of Cornwall and Devon were white. 



ENTALis. 6. Shell slightly curved, taper, continu- 

 ous, and smooth. 



Dentalium Entalis. Linnceus Sj/st. Nat. p. 1203. Mar- 

 tini, i. p. 26. t. 1. f. 1 and 2. Pennant Zool. iv. p. 145. 

 t. 90. f. 154. Born Mus. p. 432. Schroeter Einl. ii. 

 p. 523. Gmelin, p. 3736. Donovan, ii. p. 48. Mont- 



