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VOLUTA angusta. 



TAB. DCXXWL— Jig. ],2&3. 



Spec. Char. Subfusiforrrij elongated, narrow, cos- 

 tated, transversely striated ; whorls rather con- 

 vex ; the last whorl as long as the spire, tu- 

 berculato-costated ; aperture narrow ; striae 

 extremely fine and numerous. 



Syn. Voluta angusta, Desk. L c. ii. 697. pi 94. 

 /. 5,6. Morris, Cat. Brit. Foss. 167. 



1 FIND nothing to distinguish this shell from V. muricina 

 excepting its greater length ; in fact the specimens figured 

 form a complete series from one species into the other. 

 Deshaj'es has anticipated this circumstance; but as the 

 English fossils do not show the plaits on the columella, 

 which afford him a distinguishing mark among the French 

 ones, I have not ventured to unite the species. They both 

 are found rather rarely at Bracklesham Bay. 



The specimens given in the plate, figs. 2, 4 and 6, are 

 in Mr. Edwards's collection, figs. 1 and 3 in that of Mr. 

 Bowerbank. Deshayes obtained his V. angusta from 

 Retheuil, Guise, Lamothe and Soissons. 



