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Shell white, the epidermis brownish or greenish tinged more 
or less with saffron. 
Inhabits the deep sea on sandy bottoms abundantly ; is often 
thrown on shore in great profusion during storms. The fisher- 
men use it as a bait for whiting and whiting-pout on the west- 
ern coasts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset. It is 
sometimes eaten by the poor people with their breakfast, who 
consider it a dainty. 
5. Buccinum BAMFFIUM. 
B. testa anfractibus convexiusculis, transversim lamellato-stri- 
atis ; costis numerosis. 
Murex Bamffius, Donov. Brit. Shells, t. clxix. f. 1; M. §& R. 
Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. 149; Dill. Dese. Cat. 733; Flem. 
Edinb. Encyel. vii. 72; Turt. Conch. Dict. 95. sp. 20. 
Habitat in mari Britannico, Scotico et Hibernico. 
Color albescens, seepé pallido-carneus, in junioribus rufo-brun- 
neus. 
Shell with its whorls slightly convex, transversely laminately- 
striated with numerous ribs. Height seven-eighths of an inch. 
Colour whitish, often tinted with pale flesh colour. The num- 
ber of its ribs are very variable. Operculum very pale horn- 
coloured. Young specimens are rufous brown. 
This species was first discovered on the coast of Bamff, in 
Scotland, by Mr. Cordiner, and was first made known to the 
scientific world by Mr. Donovan. It has since been found on 
the coasts of Scotland, and is by no means uncommon in the 
Frith of Forth, and on the coasts of Aberdeen ; it occurs like- 
wise on the coast of Lincolnshire, on the south and south- 
western coasts of Ireland, and on the western coasts of Cori- 
wall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset. 
6. BuccINUM TURRICULA. 
B. anfractibus transversim costatis, longitudinaliter elevato-li- 
neatis, ad dextram angulatis et abrupté planiusculis. 
Murex turricula, Mont. Test. Brit. 262. t. ix. f.1; M. § R. 
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