84. THE 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 aureotinctiim, 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 very heavy, rounded spiral 

 ridges, and wavy 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, Chlorostoma 

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

 Fig. 70. ^ / 



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. 7 o. 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 

 tincta, has a yellowish shell. But most of 

 the specimens are black, and sometimes 

 greatly resemble the exceedingly common 

 Black Turban, or Chlorostoma funebrale, 

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

 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 



