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or emarginated, and the spire, which is very short, is either partially 
or altogether concealed by the subsequent deposits of enamel ; the aper- 
ture is central, longitudinal, and narrow, and the columella, together 
with the outer lip, are more or less denticulated throughout their entire 
length ; sometimes, however, though rarely, they are without teeth. 
Examples. 
Pl. CCLXXXVI. Fig. 141. 
Cyprma aurora, Solander. Chemnitz, Conch., vol. xi. pl. 180. f. 1737 
and 1788. 
Cyprea aurantium, Martyn. Gmelin. 
Pl. CCLXXXVI.. Fig. 145. 
Cypr#a ovuLtata, Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vil. p.398. Ency- 
clopédie Méthodique, pl. 355. f. 2. a, b. 
Cyprea lota, Wood. 
Pl. CCLXXXVI. Fig. 146. 
Cypr@a rapians, Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 402. 
Cyprea oniscus, Wood. 
Trivia radians, Gray. 
Pl. CCLXXXVI. Fig. 147. 
Cypraa rosEA, Gray. Wood, Index Testaceologicus, Supp., pl. 3. f. 15. 
Cyprea carnea, Sowerby. 
Pl. CCLXXXVI. Fig. 148. 
Cypraa pepicutus, Linneus (Gmelin), Syst. Nat., p. 3418. Lamarck, 
Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 403. Encyclopédie Méthodique, pl. 356. 
te No Ge 
Cyprea sulcata, Wood. 
Pl. CCLXXXVII. and Pl. CCLXXXVIII. Fig. 175. 
Cyprma cERvINA, Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 375. Chemnitz, 
Conch., vol. x. pi. 145. f. 1343. 
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