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Shell Life 



whorls are tnrreted, the ribs are narrow, less strong 

 and more numerous (14 or 15), the operculum ear- 

 shaped. It has much the same range as 

 the last named Avith the addition of the 

 south and east coasts. It is half an inch 

 long, and varies in colour from white (var. 

 lactea) to orange and purple-brown, the latter 

 being the more usual hue, in spite of the 

 name. The Turreted Conelet {B. turricida) 

 is more distinctly turreted than B. 

 Tufa. The ribs are pretty equal in 

 height, so that they are not very pro- 

 minent, and they are crossed by a 

 number of spiral lines. The colour is 

 yellowish white or flesh colour (var. 

 rosea). It is nearly thiee-quarters of 

 an inch in length, and its habitat is sandy ground at 

 various depths pretty well all round our shores. 



Turreted Conelet 



