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AURICULA veutricosa. 



TAB. CCCCLKN. —fig. I. 



Spec. Char. Subovate, inflated, transversely 

 striated ; spire short pointed, base notched; 

 three sharp plaits upon the columella; left 

 lip callous, a thick border upon the right 



lip. 



X HIS IS the largest of several species of shells, resem- 

 bling Auricula ringens of Lamarck, all of which are 

 fossil ; it is distinguished from A- ringens by its smooth 

 outer lip, and from A. turgida, M, C. t. 163, by its callus 

 upon the inner lip, and a third j)lait ; the length does 

 not exceed the breadth. 



Forwarded from the Crag ncjr Ipswich, by our kind 

 correspondent Mrs. Cobbold ; it appears to be a very 

 rare shell, the Rev. G. R. Leuithes having found only 

 one individual ; there is a species found at Bordeaux, 

 resembling this in every thing bat size ; it is but little 

 larger than the ringens^. 



