PECTUNCULUS.— Plate VIII. 



Species 48. (Fig. a and b, Musee Royale, Paris.) 



Pectuncui/us formosus. Pect. testa lenticulari, sub- 

 depressd, vel lavi vel subobscure radiata, subtilissime 

 circulariter striatd; luteo-lacted, maculis sparsis vio- 

 laceo-purpureis, longitudinaliter inquinatis, formose 

 pictd. 



The beautiful Pectunculus. Shell lenticular, slightly 

 depressed, either smooth or somewhat obscurely 

 radiated, and very finely circularly striated ; bright 



yellowish cream-colour, shading into reddish-brown 

 at the base, beautifully painted with longitudinally 

 smeared spots of violet-purple. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hab. ? 



There are two or three specimens of this handsome 

 shell at Paris, both in the collection at the Jardin des 

 Plantes and in that of M. Delessert. 



