15)6 TESTACEA. 



Berl Magaz. 4. B. p. 279. t. g. f. 31, 

 Petiv, (Tazophijl. t. 11. f. 4, 

 LisT. Sijn. r, 143. f. 37. 

 Seb. thef. 3. t, 41. f. 23-26. 



Z^CiW. ROP- NERITEN. 



Ambninenf. bia- mattacou. 

 Germ. roth- auge, 

 Bel(y. RooD - ooG, 

 Aiigl. rednerit. 



long. 16 lin. - 14. lat. 12 lin. - 10. 



Te/Ia dura, Isviufcula, lumini obvcrfa pellucida , nigra vel 

 fufcefcens , transverfim fhiata , granis ovis Hinidinis iive coccis 

 Uefjjeridum haud ablimihbus plerumque obfita. Anfraclus duo , 

 alter maximus totam tefbm formans , apice in dentem acutum ter- 

 minatus , alter n»inimus in ipfo verticc infra diclum dentem , hic 

 cum dente in quibusdam prorfus depcrditus. Apertiira am- 

 pla lunata, mar^ine acuto. /^i/lv glabra, nitida, fundo la:te ca:- 

 rulea vel albida, juxta marginem fafcia lata fulva cingitur. Labium 

 interius afcendcns nitidum , margine transvcrfo crenulatum. 



Grana , qua? dorfum cochleae frequenter occupant , Q.{(t ip- 

 fiusNerifaE; pullos, Ritmphiur doccfy horum ducenta triginta quin- 

 que in uno fpecimine numeravi, ovalia , convexa , extus luteo- 

 albida, intus aiba , moleculis referra, corpufcula hax Ixpe abfter- 

 £;untur , remanente in tefta circulo ovali albo Nili obffaret auto- 

 ritas exacliflimi Rumphii^ ovula peregrini animalculi putarcm 



Cognomen Riibellce huic ab incolis, quibus cdulis efl: , & a 

 primo inventore ob oculi imaginem , quam pars adverla offert , 

 inditum reflituere convcnit, Q\xm Nerita fluviarilis, 3L\xtovQ Rappolti 

 pullos sque dorio gerar. 



In India; Huviis. 



383- NE- 



