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VOLUTA Cithara. 



TAB. DCXXV.— /g^. i,2&3. 



Spec. Char. Ovate-oblong, ventricose, ribbed ; 

 base contracted, furrowed ; ribs distant, with 

 two or three small spines on their upper parts ; 

 spire short, acuminate^ furnished with small 

 spines ; whorls rounded above. 



Syn. Voluta Cithara, Lam. Hist. Nat. vii. 3i8. 

 Desk. Enc. Met/i. Vers,iu. 1143 ; Desk. Cuq. 

 Foss. ii. 682. pi. 90. f. 1 1, 12. Morris, Cat. 

 167. 

 Voluta harpa. Lam. Ann. du Mus. i. 476, and 

 xvii. 74. 



oo perfecdy does diis agree widi some French individuals 

 of this species, that there can be no hesitation in referring 

 it to the same type : the three rows of small spines upon 

 the rounded upper pans of all the whorls but the last di- 

 stinguish it from every other Volute ; on the last whorl one 

 row of spines is often nearly obliterated. The English 

 specimens have a short spire ; in some French ones the 

 spire is considerably produced. 



Found at Bracklesham Bay. The figures are from spe- 

 cimens in the collections of Mr. Bowerbank and Mr. 

 Edwards. 



The localities given by Deshayes are Grignon, Cour- 

 tagnon and Parnes. 



