552 VOLUTA. 



Lister Conch, t. 836. f. 62. Knorr, vi. t. 26. f. 5. ? Marti- 

 ni, iv. p. 161. t. 141. f. 1317 and 1318. 



Inhabits — — 



Shell two inches long, and less than one third as broad, pale 

 yellowish brown, with reddish brown transverse stripes, and 

 the inside white ; it is a strong thick shell, with the beak 

 slightly recurved at the base, and has the habit of a Murex, 

 to which genus I am doubtful whether it ought not to be re- 

 moved, as there are only three obsolete plaits, or rather 

 grooves, at the base of the pillar. 



spiralis. 122. Shell elongated, longitudinally 

 ribbed, and minutely striated transversely, 

 with a row of acute tubercles on the two low- 

 er whirls ; pillar three-plaited. 



Voluta spiralis. Gmelin, p. 3464. 



Voluta, No. 174. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 288. 



Murex costatus. Meuschen Mus. Gevers. p. 332. No. 

 806. ? 



Rumphius Mus. t. 29. f. X. 

 Inhabits the Indian Seas. Gmelin. 

 This shell appears from Rumphius's figure to be about three 



quarters of an inch long , and one third as broad, and is said 



to be cinereous, brown, or white, narrow at the base, 



emarginate, and slightly reflected. It is rather a doubtful 



species. 



aurantia. 123. Shell oblong-fusiform, slightly 

 emarginate, transversely grooved, with a white 

 band in the four lower whirls ; pillar four- 

 plaited ; outer lip denticulated. 



Voluta aurantia. Gmelin, p. 3454. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. 119. 

 Voluta, No. 127. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 277- 

 Mitra limbifera. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 214.? 

 Martini, iv. p. 231. t. 150. f. 1393 and 1394. 



Variety. Smaller, with the lower part of the whirls orange- 

 coloured, and the upper white. 



Mitra aurantiaca. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 214. 

 Ewe. Meth. t. 375. f. 5. 



Inhabits 



Shell an inch and a quarter long, and half an inch broad, of an 

 orange colour, with a white transverse baud oil the four low- 



