532 VOLUTA. 



Cancellaria reticulata. Lamarck Syst.des. Anim. p. ?6. 



Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 52. Lister Conch, t. 830, 

 f. 52. Argenville, 1. 17. f. M. Se&tf, iii. t. 49- f. 53 and 

 55. Eric. Method, t. 375. f. 3. 

 Inhabits the coast of Africa. Mutter. Jamaica. Shane. 



West Indies. Humphreys. 

 Shell about two inches long, and half as broad, white, variously 



marked with irregular brownish yellow bands ; pillar with 



two thick compressed plaits, and somewhat perforated ; 



aperture ending in a short beak. It is a strong thick shell, 



and has much the habit of a Buccinum. 



ziervogelii. 73. Shell ovate, rugose, somewhat 

 plaited longitudinally, and at the base trans- 

 versely grooved ; sutures channelled and 

 crenated ; pillar four-plaited ; outer lip den- 

 ticulated. 



Voluta Ziervogelii. Gmelin, p. 3457. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 99. 

 Voluta Ziervogeliana. Chemnitz, x. p. 156. 1. 149- f. 1406. 

 Encyclopedie Methodique, t. 375. f. 9. 



Inhabits 



Shell about an inch long, and three-quarters of an inch broad, 

 of a chocolate or chestnut-colour, with the body-whirl gib- 

 bous, and the outer lip thick, projecting, and rounded at 

 the upper extremity ; pillar and outer lip white, and the lat- 

 ter denticulated. 



mercatoria. 74. Shell ovate, striated, with an 

 obtuse spire ; pillar retuse, toothed ; outer 

 lip gibbous and denticulated. 



Voluta mercatoria. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1190. Martini, 

 ii. p. 130. t. 44. f. 452 to 458. Born Mus. p. 222. 

 Schroeter Einl. i. p. 215. Gmelin, p. 3446. Schreibers 

 Conch, i. p. 116. 



Columbella mercatoria. Lamarck Syst. des Anim. p. 75. 



Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 36. Lister Conch, t. 824. 

 f. 43. Petiver Gaz. t. 9. f. 4. Gualter, t. 43. f. I and 

 L. Adanson Senegal, t. 9. f. 29- Knorr, iv. t. 12. f. 5, 

 vi. t. 16. f. 6 and 7, and t. 18. f. 3. Favanne, t. 26. f. 

 C 1. Enc. Method, t. 375. f. 4. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean. Linnmis. Jamaica. Lister. 



Goree. Adanson. 



