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2. Murex Clausii, Dunker (tab. VIII, tîg. 6). 



Testa solida, turbinato-fusiformis , transversim granoso- 

 costata, inœqualiter lirata, trivaricosa, in ter varices no- 

 do crasso signata; anfractus septem convexi, subangulati, 

 ultimus spira duplo circiter long ior ; varices crassi,tuber- 

 culati squamisque erectis aculeiformibus instructi, squa- 

 mœ nonnullœ minores, inter majores positœ, squama pos- 

 tica maxima, paululum resupinala ; rostrum longitudinis 

 mediocris, curvum; canalis anguslus; apertura ovato-ro 

 tunda; color cochleœ albas vel flavescens, coslœ tuberique 

 sœpius fusai; columella arcuala et fauces albidœ. — Long. 

 55-64, diam. 32-36 mill.; long, aperturœ usque ad finem 

 rostri 35-40. 



Littus Guineense. 



Clar. Guil. Clans Med. Dr. tria hujus Muricis specimi- 

 na variœ œtatis misit in littore Bénin lecta. 



Testa solida anfractibus constat septenis, convexis, an- 

 gulatis, ultimo spira duplo circiter longiore. Anfractus tri- 

 varicosi, varices cornibus quaternis majoribus erectis, 

 paululum resupinatis armati, aculeis imbricatis minori- 

 bus interpositis. Costœ crassiores et tenuiores granosœ 

 testant cingunt in cornibus aculeisque minoribus termi- 

 natœ. Tuber crassum inter varices médium tenet. Rostrum 

 modice longum, paulum curvum ; labrum internum obso- 

 lète sulcatum; canalis semiobtectus; color fundi {laves- 

 cens, costœ costulœque fuscœ, columella et fauces albœ. 



Hune cochleam nullibi descriptam inveni. A Murice Se- 

 negale?isi, Gmelin, Guineœ nec non Brasilia? littoris incola, 

 hœc nostra species prœsertim differt testa turbinata, an- 

 fractibus tumidioribus, sutura profundiore, nodo inter va* 



