168 WEST AMERICAN SHELLS 
Fusus kobélti, Dall, Kobelt’s 
Spindle-shell, is beautifully 
shown in Figure 157. It is 
very graceful in form and oc- 
casionally grows to the size of 
the picture, though usually it 
is not over two inches in length. 
There are five or six whorls, 
with nine elevations on each 
whorl, crossed by fine, dark, 
spiral lines, though the main 
color of the shell is whitish. 
Fusus luteopictus, Dall, the 
Painted Spindle-shell, Figure 
158. (Fusus ambustus), is 
really about 20mm. long. The 
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spire is ornamented by numer- 
ous ridges, extending up and 
down, and there are spiral 
paintings to be seen, especially 
inside the outer lip, the colors 
being light yellow and dark 
brown. 
Figure 159 shows us another 
shell, named Fusus harfordi, 
Stearns, Harford’s Spindle- 
shell, sometimes called Chryso- 
domus harfordi. It is a rare 
shell, a few specimens having 
been found off central Califor- 
nia. In young specimens there 
