VOLUTA. 577 



Globosa Cymbium. Mus. Geversianum, p. 380, No. 1205. 

 Lister Conch, t. 796. f. 3, Gualter, t. 29. f. B. Seba, 

 iii. t. 65. f. 9- JEwc. Method, t. 38Q. f. 3. 



Inhabits the coasts of Spain. Bonanni. Senegal. Adanson. 

 Guinea. Humphreys. 



Shell generally about six or eight inches long, awd more than 

 half as broad ; the colour is a dirty or yellowish white, or 

 pale brown, marbled with reddish brown ; the spire has a 

 deep furrow between the whirls, and an acute margin is 

 formed by the edge of the body-whirl : the number of plaits 

 on the pillar cannot be relied on as a specific character, for 

 Linnaeus and Meuschen have described V . Cymbium with 

 two, and most other authors with four plaits, and Lamarck 

 says he has seen some large specimens with six. 



forcina. 182. Shell somewhat cylindrical, whitish, 

 with the spire truncated, rather concave, and 

 its margin keeled ; pillar three-plaited. 



Voluta porcina. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 6l. 

 Voluta Scafa. Solander's MSS. Portland Cat. p. 41, 



lot 969. 

 Voluta Cymbium, Var. ». Kammerer Cab. Rudolst. p. 70. 

 Globosa GEnophorum. Mus. Gevers. p. 380, No. 1203. 

 Bonanni liec. and Kirch. 3. f. 2. Adanson Senegal, t. 3. 



f. 2. Seba, iii. t. 65. f. 5 and 6, and t. 66. f. 5. Knorr, 



ii. t. 30. f. 1. Martini, iii. t. 70. f. 764 and 765. Enc. 



Meth. t. 386. f. 2. 

 Variety. Elongated, contracted towards the summit, and 

 marked with two transverse lines near the middle. 

 Voluta proboscidalis. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 



60. 

 Lister Conch, t. 800. f. 7. Enc. Meth. t. 389. f. 2. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Spain. Bonanni. Senegal. Adanson. 

 Guinea. Humphreys. The Variety inhabits the coasts of the 

 Philippine Islands. Lamarck. 

 Shell commonly four or five inches long, and half as broad, but 

 the Variety is often considerably longer, and narrower in 

 proportion to the length ; it differs from V. Cymbium, with 

 which it has been confounded by Linnreus, in being less ven- 

 tricose, of an uniform dirty white colour, and in not having 

 a deep furrow between the projecting margin of the body- 

 whirl and the papillary summit of the spire, which is gene- 

 rally concealed. 

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