VOLUTA. 501 



Is nearly of the same size and colour as V. Auris Mid<z, but 

 the spire is more produced, and the body-whirl, which in the 

 former occupies full two thirds of the shell, in this species 

 occupies but little more than half, and the pillar has only 

 one tooth, by which it may be known from V. /Juris Judo;. 

 The inside is yellowish brown. The shell figured by Gro- 

 novius for the Liuneean V. Auris Judct, is described to have 

 only one tooth, and agrees much better with the present 

 species. The distorted shell, which Chemnitz has figured, 

 may probably belong to a distinct species, but has more the 

 appearance of this than of V. Auris Mida, and has also 

 only one tooth on the pillar. Bruguiere has referred to the 

 same figure for his Bulimus distortus, but it appears to be 

 rather doubtful whether this may not be a distorted Variety 

 of some other species. 



auris malchi. 4. Shell oval-oblong, finely granu- 

 lated ; whirls with an elevated longitudinal 

 belt; aperture contracted ear-shaped. 



Voluta Auris Malchi. Gmelin, p. 3437. 



Auris Malchi. Chemnitz, ix. part 2. p. 41. t. 121. f. 1037 



and 1038. 

 Helix Auris Malchi. Midler Vermium, ii. p. 112. 

 Bulimus Auris Malchi. Brugiaere in Enc. Meth. p. 319. 



Inhabits 



Shell two inches and a half long, and rather more than an inch 

 broad, white, but covered with a brown epidermis ; whirls 

 six, and are represented by Chemnitz to be interrupted lon- 

 gitudinally by a broadish elevated belt. The aperture is ear- 

 shaped, and the pillar has a sharp angle near its upper end, 

 but not any regular tooth. 



glabra, 5. Shell oval-oblong, smooth, with longi- 

 tudinal waved bands ; aperture ear-shaped ; 

 pillar with one tooth. 



Voluta glabra. Gmelin, p. 3436. 



Voluta Auris Judas. Gronovius Zooph. p. 2Q6. t. 18. f. 12. 



Voluta Auris Judas, Var. /3. Gmelin, p. 3437. 



Voluta, No. 109. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 273. 



Martini, ii. p. 127. t. 43. f. 447 and 448. 



Inhabits 



Shell an inch and a half long, and rather less than half as broad, 



sub-umbilicated, white, with waved longitudinal yellow or 



brown bands. The whirls are slightly ventricose, and the 



pillar has only one tooth. 



