STROMBUS. 97 
striated at the base; spire acute, distorted, and 
the whorls gibbous, fulvous red, banded with white; 
pillar and lip within violet, the latter grooved. 
23. W. 25. 20. 
S. puHUANUS. Oblong-oval, smoothish, body- 
whorl slightly gibbous, the upper whorls ribbed 
longitudinally ; whitish, with fulvous interrupted 
bands and spots, and the mouth reddish, with a 
deep purple columella; spire short and mucro- 
nate ; lip striated within. 24. W. 25. 19. 
S. MAURITIANUS. Principally differs from 
the last by the columellas being white, and the 
shell more glossy. 
S. cANARIUM. Obovate, smooth, but striated 
at the base, white, covered with most crowded 
rufous longitudinally flexuous lines ; spire short 
.and mucronate, with its base flattened; mouth 
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