THE 
PAPAL» VOLU TE, 
SHH EEE PO 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
Tranfverfely ftriated white Volute with irregular 
dark-red fpots; the edges of the fpires 
toothed ; the pillar with four wreaths. 
The ROUGH or TOOTHED MITRE-SHELL. 
'The PAPAL MITRE. 
"La TIARE. 
Argenv. pl. 9g. f. E. 
La COURONNE PAPALE. 
Knorr; 1. pl 6. f. 1. 
The two fhells at prefent figured, are fo very 
nearly allied, that Linnzus, in the twelfth edition 
of the Syftema Nature, feems to have confidered 
them as fcarce fpecifically diftinct; and has there- 
fore included them both under the common title of 
Poluta Mitra. Yn the fmooth fort, or M. epifcopalis, 
the fpots are commonly of a bright, though fome- 
what pale red, and of a fhape much inclining to 
Íquare : 
