CAPULUS. 



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C. LAMELLOSA, A. Ad. 



C. cosTULATA, D linker. 



C. LINEOLATA, Dcsh. 



C. STRiGiLLATA, D linker. 

 C. EXcrsA, Phil. 



C. ATRA, Phil. 



C. GoREENSis, Desk. 



C. HoLURTHii, Perry. 



C. TEQULTcrA, Kocliebrune. 



Japan. 

 Hah. unknoivn. 

 Southern Seas. 

 Hob. unknoivn. 

 Ins. Mergui. 

 Hah. unknown. 

 Senegal. 



Senegamhia: 



Genus CAPULUS, Montfort, 1810. 



C. HuNUARicus, Linn. PI. 39, figs. V2-14. 



' Shell cornucopia-shaped with recurved apex, rather thin, 

 finely irregularly ribbed, disappearing towards the margin, 

 growtli-lines conspicuous, irregular, undulating the surface of 

 the shell ; j^ellowish white to dull reddish brown, under a thin 

 yellowish brown epidermis, which is easily detached and seldom 

 remains on the upper part, interior white or pinkish. 



Diam. l'5-2 inches. 



Europe ; off Marllia''s Vineyard^ 3Iass., G9 and 458 fms. 



In British waters it is found in from 1 to 85 fathoms, attached 

 to rocks and large shells, especially frequenting oyster and 

 scallop beds. It is a common tertiary fossil. 



The sj-nonymns are C. Ungaricus, Lam., Pileopsis militaris, 

 Linn, (juv.), C. unguis, Sowb., C. Jzspa?-, Michelotti, Protomedea 

 ornata, Costa. 



C. Ungaricoides, d'Orb. PI. 40, figs. 82, 83. 



Rather depressed, ver}^ thin, fragile, summit lateral and spiral ; 

 surface of the shell entirely smooth, but the epidermis has 

 some radiating raised lines ; ros}- white with a few reddish rays. 



Diam. 15-22 mill. Payta, Peru. 



C. iNTORTUS, Lam. PI. 39, figs. 15, 70. 



Thin, very obliquely spiral, finely longitudinally rugosely 

 costulate, somewhat obsoletel^^ decussated b}^ the growth- 

 sculpture ; aperture rounded ; white, the epidermis j-ellowish 

 brown, hair3\ Length, 17 mill. 



Florida, West Indies. Paumotus, Philippines, Mauritius. 



