VOLUTA. 570 



Lister Conch, t. S02. f. 8. Gualter, t. 27. f. A A. Seba, 

 iii. t. 64. f. 3, t 65. f. 3 and 7, and t. 66. f. 4. Jdanson 

 Senegal, t. 3. f. 1. Martini, iii. p. 51. t. 71. f. 767- 

 Enc. Method, t. 386. f. 1. 

 Inhabits the Persian Gulf. Martini. Coast of Africa. Hum- 

 phreys. 

 Shell near nine inches long, and almost equally Voad, becom- 

 ing rather narrower towards the base, of an uniform pale 

 yellowish brown colour, and slightly wrinkled longitudinally. 



navicula. 185. Shell ovate, emarginate; spire 

 papillary, and formed of one broad whirl ; 

 outer lip rounder at the upper corner; pillar 

 four-plaited. 



Voluta Navicula. Gmelin, p. 3467. 



Voluta Pepo. Solander's MSS. Portland Cat. p. 87. lot 



1940. 

 Voluta, No. 234. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 304. 

 Lister Conch, t. 795. f. 2. Seba, iii. t. 66. f. 11, 12, and 



17. Knorr, v. t. 28. f. 2. Martini, iii. p. 52. t. 71. f. 



768 to 771. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Guinea. Humphreys. 

 Shell one or two inches long, and almost equally broad, and 

 becoming rather narrower towards the base ; the colour is 

 yellowish, reddish, or chestnut brown, sometimes uniform, 

 and sometimes slightly marbled, or irregularly marked with 

 a few brownish or white spots ; the spire externally appears 

 to consist of only one broad slightly convex whirl. KaBm- 

 merer, in the Cabinet Rudolstadt, has referred to Martini's 

 figures of V. Navicula and V. Neptuni as varieties of his 

 species, No. 5, and Lamarck also considers them to be 

 the same. 



glans. 186*. Shell sub-cylindrical, emarginate; 

 spire papillary, and formed by one broad 

 whirl ; pillar three-plaited. 



Voluta Glans. Gmelin, p. 3468. 



Seba, iii. t. 64- f. 9 to 11. Chemnitz, x. p. 144. t. 148. f. 

 1393 and 1394. 

 Inhabits the Western coasts of Africa. Chemnitz. 

 Shell near two inches and a quarter long, and one inch broad, 



of an uniform reddish yellow colour. The spire, as in V. 



Navicula, appears externally to consist of only one broad 



slightly convex whirl. 



