456 DENTALIAD.E. 



lum in the Linncean I'ransactioiis (vol. viii. p. 238,) being taken 

 from Gtnelin, does not apply to any supposed British species. 

 Turton in his description, confounds the D. aprinum {of Deshayes' 

 Monograpli) with this shell. 



D. vARiABiLE, Deshayes. 



Deiitaliuni ehiirneum, Turton, Conch. Diction, p. 37. 



„ album, Turton, Conch. Diction, p. 256. — Brit. Marine Conch, p. "2. 

 „ variabi/e, Desh. Monog. Dental, p. 32 (pi. 2, f. 30!); Encj-clop. 



Meth. vol. ii. pt. 2, p. 75. — Sowerbv, Zool. Jonrn. vol. 

 iv. p. 182. — M. Edwards, Lam, Anim. s. Vert. (ed. 

 Desh.) vol. V. p. 592. — Chenu, III. Conch. Dentaliiun, 

 pi. 1, f. 27, 28, 29 (probably). 



An exotic sp>ecies, said to he East Indian ; introduced by Turton 

 as not uncommon on the western coast ! The name of album must 

 succu7nh to the subsequent one given by Deshayes, since the descrip- 

 tion, which is by no means good (^indeed ivithout the types we 

 could not have determined the species), is neither in Latin nor 

 accom.panied by cm ilhistrative drawing. 



