APPENDIX TO 
MARINE SHELLS 
OF 
SOUTH AFRICA. 
ADO TLIO NA Sr CUES: 
GASTROPODA. 
Murex rAmosus, Linn., Sowerby, Thes. Conch., vol. iv., 
pl. 387, fig. 69.—Natal. Common in the Indian Ocean. 
Murex Triviatis, 4. Adams, Sow. Thes. Conch., vol. iv., 
pl. 388, fig. 80.— Natal. 
FuLGuR AFRICANUS. Sowerby, nov. sp. (pl. 6, fig. 19.) 
Testa elongato-pyriformis, albida, fusco suffusa, flammis 
conspicuis fuscis longitudinaliter picta ; spira breviter conica, 
eradata; apice? (fracto); anfractus spiraliter confertim sulcati, 
angulati, ad angulum nodulis parum elevatis muniti ; 
anfractus ultimus supra angulum planato declivis, infra con- 
vexiusculus, in cauda longiuscula desinens, ubique den- 
sissime longitudinaliter striatus, spiraliter liratus, liris 
numerosis, levigatis, parum elevatis; apertura oblongo- 
ovata; canalis longus, mediocriter latus, rectus; columella 
leviter incurvata ; labrum tenue. 
Long. 32, diam. 16 millim. 
Hab. Port Elizabeth. 
Although this may be a young shell, it is certainly 
distinct from the dextral form otf F. berversus. 
