VOLUTA. 529 



chemnitzii. 64. Shell ovate, smooth, with the 

 spire nodulous ; pillar four-plaited ; outer 

 lip with a thickened toothed margin. 



Voluta glabella, Var. y. Gmelin, p. 3445. 



Chemnitz, x. p. 165. t. 150. f. 1422. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Guinea. Chemnitz. 

 Shell near an inch and a quarter long, and more than half as 



broad, white, without any coloured markings. 



glabella. 65. Shell entire, smooth ; body-whirl 

 rounded ; spire conical ; pillar four-plaited, 

 and the outer lip margined. 



Voluta glabella. Lin. Sust. Nat. p. 1189. Martini, ii. p. 

 1 1 1. t. 42. f. 429. S'chroeter Einl. i. p. 213. Gmelin, 

 p. 3445. 



Marginella glabella. Lamarck Syst. des Animaux, p. 75. 



La Porcelaine. Adamon Senegal, p. 56. t. 4. f. 1. 



Lister Conch, t. 818. f. 29- Knorr, iv. t. 21. f. 2 and 3. 

 Enc. Method, t. 377. f. 6. a and b. 

 Variety. With the whirls reversed. 



Chemnitz, ix. part 1. p. 55 t. 104. f. 690 and 891. 

 Inhabits Barbadoes. Lister. Isle of Goree. Adanson. Coasts 



of Guinea. Humphreys. 

 Shell near two inches long, and half as broad, thick, polished, 



reddish or flesh-coloured, with white spots ; aperture oblong, 



four times longer than broad, with the outer lip strongly 



margined and toothed. 



picta. 66. Shell ovate, entire, smooth ; body-whirl 

 transversely angular ; spire conical ; pillar 

 four-plaited, and the outer lip margined. 



Voluta picta. Solanders MSS. 



K?iorr, v. t. 23. f. 3. Martini, ii. p. 1 14. t. 42. f. 434 and 

 435. Enc. Method, t. 377- f. 2. 



Inhabits the coasts of Brazil. Martini. 



Shell an inch long, and halt as broad, greyish white, with black 

 pencilled zic-zac longitudinal irregular stria 3 ; the body-whirl 

 is angulated transversely at the shoulder, which occasions a 

 corresponding projection on the upper part of the outer lip. 

 This shell and V . castanea have been very improperly con- 

 founded with V. glabella, by Schroeter, Gmelin, and Schrei- 

 bers. 



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