VOLUTA. 523 



Inhabits the Indian Seas. Lamarck. 



In its form this shell resembles V. Dactylus, from which it 

 differs in being rather smaller, and much more strongly stri- 

 ated, and in having the plaits on its pillar more numerous ; 

 the longitudinal are thicker and more obtuse than the trans- 

 verse striae, and are prettily dotted with brown ; the colour 

 is whitish. 



crenulata. 49. Shell sub-cylindrical, with decus- 

 sated striae, and the whirls nodulous and cre- 

 nulated at the suture ; pillar with eight plaits. 



Voluta crenulata. Solander's MSS. Chemnitz, x. p. 162. 



1. 150. f. 1413 and 1414. Gmelin, p. 3452. Schrei- 



bers Conch, p. 106. 

 Voluta, No. 39. Schroeter Einl i. p. 258. 

 Mitra crenulata. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 213. 

 Lister Conch, t. 813. f. 23 a. Encyclo. Method. t. 372. 



f. 4, a and b. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about fourteen lines long, and five broad ; white, cloud- 

 ed with yellow in longitudinal waves, and the transverse striae 

 are marked with impressed dots; it is more cylindrical, and 

 the decussated striae are much finer than in V.jenestrata. 



texturata. 50. Shell ovate-acute, and granulat- 

 ed with transverse grooves and longitudinal 

 striae ; pillar with four plaits. 



Voluta Dactylus, Var. Gmelin, p. 3443. 

 Mitra texturata. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 213. 

 Lister Conch, t. 819. f. 36. Gualter, t. 28. f. O. Erie. 

 Meth. t. 372. f. 2. 



Inhabits 



Shell about an inch and a quarter long, and half as broad, and 

 mottled with white and chestnut colour ; it may be readily 

 distinguished from either of the preceding species by its hav- 

 ing the outer surface granulated all over, and the pillar with 

 only four plaits. 



conus. 51. Shell conical, transversely striated 

 and punctured towards the base; spire ele- 

 vated, and the whirls crenated and granulated 

 at the sutures ; pillar with six plaits. 



