MUREX.— Plate XIX. 



Species 78. (Mus. Cuming.) 



AIiEEX MiNDANENSis. Mur. ttistd elongato-clavaformi, 



trmsvenim Virata, costis trilnm plicaformibm inter va- 

 rices ; trijariaM varicom, varicibus rotundis, spinis 

 hrevibus acutls canaliculatis muricatis ; lutescente-albd, 

 varicibus aurantio-fusco pallide niaculatis ; canali eloii- 

 gato, iuferue dnuato-recurvo. 

 The Mindanao Mueex. Shell elongately club-shaped, 

 transversely ridged, with three plait-like ribs between 

 the varices ; three-varicose, varices round, muricated 



with short sharp canalicalated spines ; yellowish- 

 white, varices spotted with pale orange brown ; canal 

 elongated, sinuately recurved at the lower part. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1840. 



Hob. Cagayan, Island of Mindanao, Philippines (tlredged 

 from sandy mud at the depth of twenty-five fathoms) ; 

 Cuming. 



This species has somewhat the appearance of an elongated 

 Murex rarispiiia {Murex forrmsus, Sowerby), divested of 

 its three long anterior spines. 



