PART II. 



MURICINiE. CASSINJE. 



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longer than the body whorl ; varices numerous ; no in- 

 ternal channel at the top of the aperture, {fig. 65. e.) 

 lamellosa. Chem. f. 1823-4. scaber. En. Meth. 419. f. 6. 

 magellanica. En. M.419. f. 4. hexagona. lb. 418. f. 3. 

 peruviana. lb. f. 5. erinacea. Mart. f. 1026. 



senticosa. lb. f. 3. 



ViTULARiA Sw. General habit of Muricidea, but the 

 inner lip is depressed and flattened as in the Pu7'- 

 purincEj varices simple, nearly obsolete {fig. 65. e.) 

 tuberculata Sw. En. M. 419. f. 1. {Murex vitulinus Auct.) 



Triton * Lam. The varices few, and placed --^^ ^ 

 alternately, {fig. 64.) 



australis. Sow. Gen. f. 1. 

 lotorium. lb. f. 1. {fig. 66. e) 

 anus. lb. f. 2. clavator. f. 3. 

 variegatum. {fig. 65. d) 



Ranella Lam. Varices forming a ridge on 

 both sides of the shell ; channel short, 

 marginata. Sow. Gen. f. 2. spinosa. En. M. 421. 5- 

 caudisata. lb. f. 1. crumena. lb. 421.3. 



SUB-FAM. 2. GASSING. 



Shell large, ventricose, generally smooth ; spire very 

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* This is the only character by which this group, as a genus, can be dis- 

 tinguished ; and this is exceptionable, because there are "some species, like 

 T.clandestinum {fig- 64.), which have the outer lip thickened, and are with- 



