130 iNTrxODrcTioN to conchology. 



Turlinella may also be adduced as serving to illustrate 

 the locality of sliells. Though affecting warm climates, 

 they are restricted from the ^Mediterranean, with its olive- 

 shaded shores and sun-Ht coves : their principal localities 

 are the Philippine Islands, the Gallapagos, and many a 

 sea-girt isle of the Pacific; they are found, also, in the 

 Mauritius, Zanzibar, Panama, Ceylon, Acapulco, Eio Janeiro, 

 and the West Indies. 



The beautiful T. jjrisuiafica throws out a delicate iri- 

 descent lustre on being immersed in water, and many of 

 the genus are exquisitely painted. Among such, and espe- 

 cially conspicuous for his gorgeous apparelling, is the mol- 

 lusk of TurlineUa corn'igera, a creature clad in deep purple 

 finely mai'bled with white, the colours being fainter towards 

 the margin of the foot. The eye is said to be distinct and 

 well-formed, ha\dng a black pupil, and iris of light yehow. 

 Thus gorgeously bedecked, the creature may be seen pro- 

 gressing with some degree of apparent difficulty, as if op- 

 pressed with the weight of his shell. He is, moreover, of a 

 very timid disposition, and shrinks into his dwelling on the 

 slightest alarm. His haunt, therefore, is chiefly among 

 sea-weeds, where he can readily find a cover ; and from such 

 a domicile the specimen described by Mr. Pieeve, in ' Con- 



