VOLUTA. 527 



pallida. 59. Shell oblong-ovate, entire ; spire ob- 

 tuse ; pillar with four plaits. 



Voluta pallida. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1189. Schroeter Einl. 

 i. p. 21 1 . t. 1. f. 10, a and b. Gmelin, p. 3444. Mon- 

 tagu Test. p. 232. Maton and Racket, in Lin. Trans. 

 viii. p. 132. 

 Bulla cylindracea. Da Costa Brit. Conch, p. 31. t. 2. f. 7. 

 Bulla pallida. Donovan British Shells, ii. t. 66. 

 Le Simieri. Adanson Senegal, p. 79- t. 5. f. 3. 

 Lister Conch, t. 7 14. f. 70, left hand figure. Enc. Method. 

 t. 384. f. 4. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Senegal, plentiful among the rocks. Ad- 

 anson. Coast of Wales. Adams. 

 Shell about half an inch long, and half as broad, smooth, glossy, 

 white, somewhat cylindrical, and in shape rather resembles 

 Bulla cylindracea, from which, however, it may be at once 

 known by its plaited pillar. Meuschen considered a Variety 

 of V. glabella or V. Faba to be this species, and either of 

 them answers better than the present shell to the description 

 in the Systema Naturae, though not to the references, for 

 they do not at all well accord together. See Mus. Gevers. 

 p. 328, No. 774, and No. 775. 



catenata. 60. Shell ovate, glabrous, involuted at 

 the apex ; pillar with four plaits. 



Voluta catenata. Montagu Test. p. 236. t. 6. f. 2, and 

 Supp. p. 104. Maton and Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. 

 p. 133. 



Inhabits the coasts of the West of England, Guernsey, and the 

 West Indies. Montagu. 



Shell a quarter of an inch long, and half as broad at the top, 

 strong, sub-pellucid, extremely glossy, white, with from four 

 to eight opake belts of white oblong spots, sometimes con- 

 nected in a chain-like manner by small rufous streaks ; aper- 

 ture linear, extending the whole length of the shell, and its 

 outer lip thick but not margined. 



L/EVis. 61. Shell ovate, very smooth, with an ob- 

 tuse spire ; pillar with two plaits ; outer lip 

 gibbous, and slightly denticulated. 



Voluta laevis. Donovan, v. 1. 165. Maton and Racket, in 



Lin. Trans, viii. p. 133. 

 Cyprsea Voluta. Montagu Test. p. 20S. t. 6. f. 7. 



