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FKUSUS ficulneus. 
TAB. CCXCI.— Fig. 7. 
Spec. Cuar. Ovato - fusiform, turgid, costated ; 
volutions subspinose above ;_ base striated ; 
beak twisted ; columella uniplicated. 
Syn. Fusus ficulneus. Zamarck env. de Paris, 62. 
var. «, smooth, costz subspinose above the mid- 
dle, and also near the upper edge of the 
volutions. 
var. 6, covered with elevated striz, coste sub- 
spinose near the upper edge of the volution 
only. 
var. y, striee few, coste obscure. 
Syn. Murex turgidus. Brander, 51. 
SESE 
Ts all the varieties the upper edge of each whorl is 
depressed, and upon the edge of the flat part is a row 
of more or less acute tubercles, which are sometimes 
even double ; below these the surface is concave and 
the costz rise: in var. a, the coste are elevated at the 
edge of the concave space into more or less obtuse, 
short, and rather flat spines, and the lower part of the 
whorl and beak are striated: in var. 6, the coste are 
highly elevated for a considerable length without any 
appearance of spines or even tubercles; they are also 
crossed by numerous strong elevated lines, which are 
thickened as they pass over them: the third variety has 
similar strize but not so numerous, and the costz in it 
are often very obscure ; the spire is acute in all, and the 
proportions the same; the width is about three-fourths 
the length. 
