506 VOLUTA. 



minuta. 16. Shell ovate, transversely banded, with 

 a conical short spire ; outer lip crenulated, 

 and the pillar with three teeth. 



Voluta minuta. Gmelin, p. 3436. 

 Voluta, No. 107. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 272. 

 Bulimus coniformis. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 339- 

 Lister Conch, t. 834. f. 60. Martini, ii. p. 126. t. 43. f. 

 445. Favanne, t. 65. f. H 8. 



Inhabits Barbadoes. Lister. 



Shell rarely half an inch long, and two thirds as broad, of a 

 chestnut colour, with three white transverse bands. In shape 

 and aperture it much resembles V. Coffea, of which Chem- 

 nitz considered it a Variety, and it principally differs in its 

 much smaller size, brighter colour and bands, and thinner 

 lip. Gmelin has referred to Martini's figure for both these 

 species, and Bruguiere considers this to be the Linnaean V. 

 Cojfea. 



flava. 17. Shell ovate, sub-ventricose, with the 

 spire rather depressed ; outer lip crenulated, 

 and the pillar with two teeth. 



Voluta flava. Gmelin, p. 3436. 



Voluta, No. 106. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 272. 



Martini, ii. p. 126. t. 43. f. 444. 



Inhabits the East Indies. Martini. 



Shell about eight lines long, and rather more than half as 

 broad, of a brownish yellow colour, and the pillar white ; 

 the body-whirl is ventricose, and occupies almost the whole 

 of the shell. Bruguiere has referred to Martini's figure 

 444, for his Bulimus Monile, but that shell is described with 

 white bands, and may probably be a Variety. 



denticulata. 18. Shell ovate, glabrous ; spire 

 elevated, rather acute ; outer lip denticulat- 

 ed, and the pillar toothed. 



Voluta denticulata. Montagu Test. p. 234. t. 20. f. 5. Ma- 

 ton and Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 130. Dorset 

 Cat. p. 44. t. 18. f. 1. 

 Inhabits the shores of Great Britain. Montagu, &c. 

 Shell near half an inch long, and half as broad ; of a semi- 

 transparent horn-colour, and purplish at the summit; whirls 

 seven or eight, of which the first is large, and the others de- 

 crease gradually ; the outer lip is denticulated on the inside, 



