SECTION X. 2^1 



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The genus of Strombi is prettv nu- 

 merous. 



I have now finiflied with theBuccina or 

 Whelks, known recent or llvino- from 

 fea. I therefore proceed to mention fome 

 foffil kinds, hitherto undifcovered in their 

 living ftate. 



Firft, the Buccinum heteroftrophum, or 

 other handed Whelk ; becaufe the whirls 

 and mouth lie to the right hand inflead 

 of the left; which is the moft general 

 manner of turbinated Shells. This fpe- 

 cies belongs to the firft genus, and is found 

 in great plenty, in the foflil ftate, in the 

 counties of Effex and Suffolk. However, 

 it is faid, a recent fhell of this fpecies was 

 lately purchafed for a noble coUedion. 



Another foflil Buccinum from France, 

 and Hampfliire, a fpecies of the fifth ge- 

 nus, or with a wrinkled or pleated pillar, 

 yet unknown recent. Brander's Foff. Han- 

 ton. fig. 45, The 



