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the figures, it might be supposed that this is a Variety of the 

 species which Gmehn has considered to be the Linnsean .S'. 

 contortuplicata ; but from Favanne's description it appears 

 to be perfectly distinct. 



GOREENSis. 20. Shell taper, twisted, and cancella- 

 ted with minute elevated striae. 



Serpula Goreensis. Gmelin, p. 374,5. 



Serpula, No. 27. Schroeter Einleiturig, ii. p. 566. 



Les Boyaux de Mer d'Afrique. Fuvanne, i. p. 651. t. 6. 

 f. E2. 



Le Dofan. Adanson Senegal, p. l64. t. 11. f. 3. 

 Inhabits the shore of the Island of Goree, on shells and pieces 



of timber. Adanson. 

 Tube eight or nine inches long, and three or four lines broad, 



irregularly twisted, and forming masses a foot in diameter ; 



the surface is cancellated with minute elevated strise, and is 



white on the outside, and horn-coloured within. 



GLOMERATA. 21. Shell taper, glomerated, and mark- 

 ed with decussated wrinkles. 



Serpula glomerata. Linnaus S^st.Nat. p. 1266. Martini, 

 i. p.65. t. 3. f. 23. Born Mus. i).437. Schroeter Ein- 

 leitung, ii. p. 546. Gtnelin, p. 3742. Brookes s Introd. 

 p. 142. t. 9- f. 133. 

 Le Gateau de Vermisseaux. Favanne, i. p. 654. t. 6. f. Q. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 20JC. Gualter, t. 10. f. T. 

 Argenville, t. 4. f. G. 

 Inhabits the European Seas. Linnams. Mediterranean. Mar- 

 tini. Coasts of Provence. Favanne. 

 Shell an inch or two long, and about two lines broad, but so 

 interwoven that it is impossible to separate them. Gualter 

 mentions a mass nine inches in diameter, M'hich weighed 

 twenty-three pounds, and Favanne says that the diameter 

 often exceeds a foot, but that the height is not more than 

 two or three inches. The surface of the shell is longitudi- 

 nally grooved, and transversely striated, shining, particularly 

 on the inside, and of a white, brown, or reddish colour. 



LUMBRiCALis. 22. Shell taper, flexuous, spiral and 

 acute at one end. 



Serpula lumbricalis. LinncBus Sj/st. Nat. p. 1266. Mar- 

 tini, i. p. 48. t. 2. f. 1 2 B. Born Mus. p. 438. Schroeter 

 Eint. ii. p. 547. Gmelin, p. 3742 Brookes's Introd. 



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