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6. Strombi, or Needles, are Bucclna 

 with a very long and taper clavicle or 

 turban, and a vi^ry-mouth turning on the 

 back, in fome fpecies of fuch length as 

 to be like a fpur. PI. IV. fig. 7. 



Genus i. Buccina Canaliculata, or gut- 

 tered Whelks ; becaufe the top of the 

 mouth prolongs itfelf fomewhat into a near 

 ft rait cylindric gutter, and the inner or 

 columella-lip is always extremely fmooth, 

 PL I. fig. 3, 4, 5, a common Whelk. 



The fpecies of this genus are very nu- 

 merous. The varieties of work and fhape, 

 which are only fubordinate chara^flers, 

 are amazing. 



The rank thefe guttered Buccina, or 

 Whelks, hold in fyflematical authors, is 

 as follows : Lifter's feclion xiv. of his 

 Book IV. is^ for the greater part, of this 

 genus. Gualtieri places thofe with fliort 

 clavicles or turbans. Tab* 26, among what 

 4 he 



