Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Q/prceidcc. 371 



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

 distinguishes this species from the next. 



32. Cyprwa Pyrum. — The Pear Cowry. 



Testa ovata, pyriformi, subumbilicata, fulvo rufescente ; dorso 

 subfasciato, et maculis albidis nebulato ; lateribus subtusque fulvo- 

 croceis; dentibus albidis ; columella antice laevi. 



Cypraea Pyrum. Gmelin 3411. (1). Schreiber's Conch, j. 69. 

 Dillwyn. ii. 457. 



Cypraea flaveola. Born. Mus. 190. 

 Cypraea maculosa. Gmelin 3412 (2). 

 Cypraea ochracea. Solander's MSS. Portland Catal. 

 Cypraea Siciliana. Ulysses' Travels 455. 

 Cypraea Rufa. Lamarck Ann. Mus. xvi. 92. Hist. vii. 388. 

 " Cypraea cinnamomea. Olivi." Dillwyn. 

 " Cypraea 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)! 

 Encyc. Method, t. 353. f. 1 . ! 



Inhabits Mediterranean and African Sea, Sicily, Bonanni-. 

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

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



/3. fossilis. Lamarck. Ann. Mus. xv. Hist. vii. 406. 

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

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

 with white and darker brown, obscurely banded ; base rather 

 convex, bright reddish fulvous ; sides rather thickened, the same 

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

 white ; columella smooth, and rather concave in front, with the 

 innermost part rather denticulated ; spire concave, often covered ; 

 inside white. Axis i|, diameter T \ of an inch. 



Certainly the most beautiful of the European species. 



33. Cyprwa pyriformis. — The Pear-shaped Cowry. 

 Testa ovata, pyriformi, subumbilicata, albido-cinerea, obscure 

 trifasciata ; lateribus subtusque albis; marginibus sub- 



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