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330 MOLLUSCA. SOLENOSTOMATA. Conus. 



CONUSIDiE. 



Gen. conus — Convoluted, inversely conical, spire short, 

 composed of the upper edges of the whorls ; aperture ob- 

 lique, with parallel sides. 



1. C. dormitor — Short, fusiform, spirally striated, the intermediate species 

 neatly crenulated.— (Bmrtofer, Foss. i. £ 24.) — Sower. Min. Conch, t. ecci. — 



London Clay. 



2. C. concinnm. — Fusiform, angular in the middle, spire ornamented with 

 knobs and granulated striae ; base produced, sulcated. — Sower. Min. Conch. 

 t. cccii. f. 2. — London Clay. 



3. C. scabriusculus. — Fusiform, rather short, striated ; striae elevated, tooth- 

 ed. — {Brander, Foss. f. 21.) — Sower. Min. Conch, t. ccciii — London Clay. 



Gen. TEREBELLUM. Convoluted, elongated ; spire ex- 

 posed, pointed ; aperture longitudinal, narrow retrally, be- 

 coming broader and truncated anteally. 



1. T. fusiforme Subfusiform, cylindrical, with a visible obtuse spire; 



aperture about |ths of the length of the shell, with an adpressed straight 

 canal, proceeding from its retral angle, to the apex of the space.^Sower. 

 Min. Conch, t. cclxxxvii. — London Clay. 



Gen. seraphs. — Convoluted, elongated, spire concealed ; 

 aperture longitudinal, retrally narrow, and extending to 

 the apex. 



1. S. convolutus. — Subcylindrical, apex obtuse ; base truncated ; the sur- 

 face even. — (Bulla sopita, Brander, f. 29, a. — B. volutata, ib. f. 1b.)-~Sower. 

 Min. Conch, t. cclxxxvi. 



CYPK^ADiE. 



Gen. LXIII. CYPRiEA. — Involuted, ovate, spire concealed ; 

 aperture longitudinal, narrow ; open at both ends ; lips 

 dentated. 



294. C. curopea. — Shell crossed by numerous smooth stria? ; 

 no dorsal groove ; outer-lip thickened, longer than the inner. 



Concha veneris, List. An. Ang. 168. t. iii. f. 17- Conch, t. Dccvi. f. 57. 

 Cypr. Pediculus, var. Eur. Linn. Syst. i. 1180. Don. Brit. Shells, 



t. xliii Cy. europea, Mont. Test. Brit. 200, and Supp. 88.— f^, Nuns ; 



S, Joujiy Groat's Buckic.—Common in sandy bays. 



