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VOLUTA geminata. 



TAB. CCCXCVIII.— ^^. 1. 



Spec. Char. Ovate, ventricose, pointed, cos- 

 tated ; costae terminated by two obtuse con- 

 nected spines; columella with one large 

 and several small plaits, curved. 



xvEMARKABLY veiitricose, with very prominent ribs ; it 

 (viffers from Voluta Cithara of Lamarck, in general form 

 and size, but particularly in its foetal state, in which it is 

 very minute and pointed, as may be seen upon the apex 

 of the spire. 



Discovered by Charles Lyell, jun. Esq. in Clay pits 

 at Lyndhurst, Hants. It also occurs iu the neighbour- 

 hood of Paris, but does not appear to have been des- 

 cribed. 



VOLUTA Lima. 

 TAB. CCCXCVIIL— >^. 2. 



Spec. Char. Ovato elongated, acute, costated, 

 and transversely striated ; costae numerous, 

 dentato-crenated ; upper edges of the 

 whorls toothed ; columella with three un- 

 equal folds ; lip smooth within, its edge 

 crenulated. 



Syn. Buccinum scabriculum, Brander, 71. 



Between the teeth upon the edges of the whorls and 

 the upper ends of the costae is generally a broadish, flat, 

 or concave, space, and around the spire is a canal which 

 separates the edges of the whorls. 



