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The shell here figured agrees with Brander’s from 
Barton above quoted. It has generally a coarser appear- 
ance than its congeners and is often larger, sometimes, 
perhaps, four or more inches long. The spire varies at 
the apex, being sometimes very blunt. Itis very doubtful 
whether Branders fig. 65, ought to have been retained 
under the same name by him. 
From Barton Cliff, I have also the fragment of a young 
one in the blue clay, from a well dug in Richmond Park 
some years ago. 
VOLUTA spinosa. 
TAB. CXV. Figs. 2 and 4, Var. & fig. 3. 
Spec. Cuar. Ovate-acute, ventricose, crowned 
with large spines extending into the longitu- 
dinal ribs, and a row of smaller spines near the 
upper edge of the whorl; whorls concave 
above, transversely striated below. Mouth 
ovate-elongated; outer lip plain within. 
Syn. Strombus luctator. Brand. Hant. fig. 65. 
Voluta spinosa. Lamarck. Env. de Paris 26. 
SS to the last in general form, but the last whorl 
is ventricose ; the edge of the whorls above the concave 
upper part is generally rectangular, with a row of sharp 
spines upon its angle. The transverse strie are often 
obscure over the upper half or more of the whorl. The 
mouth has a very obtuse angle at the upper part. Var. 
8 has a greater number of ribs and is less ventricose, fig. 3. 
