THE 
PIPE MUREX. 
SHH leh hm 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Animal allied to a Slug. 
Shell univalve, spiral, roughened by membra- 
naceous sutures. 
Aperture ending in a strait or subascending 
channel. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
MUREX with ovate tuberculated shell, with an 
elongated tapering muricated tip. 
La Becasse. 
Argenv. p. 257. pl. 16. f. s. 
This shell is represented on the plate in its natural 
size. It is chiefly found in the Asiatic seas. 
