PLATE XVIL 
it Queen Fish ; it is also found near Fowey arid other shores of that | 
county. Ihave seen some from Weymouth, and Mr. Petiver received 
it from the ifland of Purbeck, in Dorsetshire. Dr. Leigh mentions 
that it is got on the coasts of Cheshire.” 
Pennant has not noticed this Shell. Linnzus described it as an 
Asiatic species in the Systema Naturz, but-adds it is perhaps an Eu- 
ropean species also. In the last edition by Gmelin, it stands expressly 
as a British Shell. Hadztat in Mart Britannico, Ke. 
This Shell is thick, strong and heavy: the outside smooth and 
glossy, with numerous concentric transverse wrinkles, and several 
faint rays in a longitudinal direction. The margins are plain. ‘The 
inside milk white and glossy. 
