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THK TURBANS. 



color remarkably, and can easily be told from those 

 of the more common Black Turban. Old and over- 

 grown specimens, an inch and a half long, are 

 sometimes found, but one-half that length is more 

 common. 



Chlorostoma aureotinchim^ Fbs., au-re-o-tink'-tum, 

 Gilded Turban. 



The shell of this species is similar in shape to Fig. 

 69, but the whorls, instead of being nearly smooth, 

 are banded by a few ver}- heavy, rounded spiral 

 ridges, and w^avy crossings. The shell is gray or 

 nearly black ; the umbilicus is large and marked with, 

 a bright yellow stain, which gives the species its 

 name. The shell is about an inch long. 



The Speckled Turban, Chlorosto^na 

 gallina^ Fbs., gal-li'-na, is shown in 



Fig. 



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It is about the size of the last spe- 

 cies, and has a solid shell, mostly black 

 in color, but finely mottled with a 

 lighter shade, like the feathers of a 

 Fig. 70. speckled hen or gallina^ as it is in 



Latin. 



The outer lip is thin, black, and lined with white 

 nacre, and there is no umbilicus. This species 

 belongs to the south; one of its varieties, named 

 thicta^ has a yellowish shell. But most of 

 the specimens are black, and sometimes 

 greatly resemble the exceedingly common 

 Black Turban, or Chlorostoma fu7iebrale, 

 A. Ad.; fu-ne-bra'-le, shown in Fig. 71. 

 This is the old friend that is so ready to 

 greet us whenever we set foot upon the rocky shore. 

 Protected by a firm and solid shell, well fitted to 



