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CONUS diversiformis. 



TAB. DCXXUl.—fig.3—6. 



Spec. Char. Doubly conical ; spire half as high 

 as it is wide, acute ; upper portions of the 

 whorls narrow, concave, and concentrically 

 striated ; last whorl much longer than the 

 spire, with straight sides, striated about the 

 beak ; aperture narrow. 



Syn. Conus diversiformis, Desk. Coq. Foss. ii. 746. 

 pi. 98./ 9-1:^. Morris, Cat. Brit. Foss. 143. 

 Var. (5. Inner whorls crenated on their angles 

 (fig. 6.) ; fig. 3 shows indications of similar 

 crenatures. 



1 HE striaB about the beak of this Cone sometimes extend 

 halfway up the last whorl. It is difficult to fix upon cha- 

 racters to distinguish this from C. deperditii<i ; the short 

 spire, which however is variable, and the straighter sides 

 of the last whorl are relied upon: the extended lip is the 

 same in both species. The specimens found at Parnes and 

 Mouchy are said by M. Deshayes to have no crenatures 

 upon the spire, whereas most of the English specimens have 

 a few near the apex. 



