SECTION X. 221 



They have a wry-mouth exaftly the fame 

 as the fecond genus, which fometimes 

 extends or turns fo far on the back, as to 

 be like a fpur. PL IV. fig. 7, a Strombus. 



All Shells fo prodigioufly tapering and 

 long have been generally held as a parti- 

 cular family, by the name of Strombi, or 

 Needles, only on account of their taper 

 fliape, and without regard to the contour 

 of their mouth. However, 1 have fol- 

 lowed Lifter, and only placed thofe Shells 

 here which have a wry-mouth like the fe- 

 cond genus ; for all thofe that have a per- 

 fect round mouth, I have already ranked 

 among the Snails, by the name of Coch* 

 lea Strombiformes, 



Lifter, whom, as abovefaid, I follow, 

 calls them Whelks with an extreme length- 

 ened and tapering turban: however, ha 

 has erroneoully placed them among the 

 Whelks with a pleated pillar, Lib. IV. 

 Se6t. xi. cap. 3. 



Gualtieri 



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