Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ci/prceidce. S71 



The shape of the columfilla, and the color of the teeth, at once 

 distinguishes this species from the next. 



32. Cjjprcea Pyrum. — The Pear Cowry. 



Testa ovata, pyriformi, subumbilicata, fulvo rufescente ; dorso 

 subfasciato, et maculis albidis nebuiato ; lateiibus subtusque fulvo- 

 croceis; dentibus albidis ; columella aatice lajvi. 



Cypraea Pyrum. Gmelin 3411. (1). Schreiber^s Conch.'}. 69. 

 Dillzcj/n. ii. 457. 



Cyprjea fiaveola. Born. Mus. 190. 



Cypraea maculosa. Gmelin 3412 (2). 



Cypraea ochracea. Solancler''s MSS. Portland Catal. 



Cyprasa Siciliana. Uljjsses'' Travels 455. 



Cypra»a Rufa. Lamarck Ann. Mus. xvi. 92. Hist. vii. 38S. 



" Cyprasa cinnamoraea. Olivi." Dillwyn. 



" Cypra;a variolosa. Gmelin." Dillwyn. 



" Cypraea fulva. Gmelin." Dillwyn. 



Cypraea n. 16. Schroeter Einl.j. 188. 



Icon. Bonanni Rec. iii. f. 259. (2). Kirch iii. f. 258. (2). 

 Gaultier t. 14. f. E. (1). Martini j. t. 26. f. 267, 268 (1)! 

 Enci/c. Method, t. 353. f. 1. ! 



Inhabits Mediterranean and African Sea, Sicily, Bonannt. 

 Africa and Malaga, Martini. Adriatic Sea, Brochi. Senegal and 

 Gulph of Tarent, Lamarck. Mus. Brit. Nost. 



/3. fossilis. Lamarck. Ann. Mus. xv. Hist. V\\. 406. 



" Plaisantiii. Mus. Dom. Faugas." Lamarck 1. c. 



Shell ovate pear-shaped, mottled with brownish fulvous, spotted 

 with white and darker brown, obscurely banded ; base rather 

 conve*, bright reddish fulvous ; sides rather thickened, the same 

 colour as the base; aperture fulvous ; teeth blunt, rather distant, 

 while; columella smootli, and rather concave in front, with the 

 ijjnermost part rather denticulated ; spire concave, often covered ; 

 inside white. Axis J-Ij diameter ^ of an inch. 



Certainly the most beautiful of the European species. 



33. Cijpra:a pyriformis. — The Pear-shaped Cowry. 

 Testil ovatil, pyriformi, subumbilicatil, albido-cinereli, obscure 

 trifasciatu ; latcribus subtusque albis; marginibus sub- 



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