92 UINVALVES. BUCCINUM, 



or marlln-spike, which often grows to nine or ten inches 

 in length : there are other species, such as the Buccinum 

 subulatuni, crenulatum, ike. &c. &,c. some of which are 

 very beautiful. 



The Buccinum fossile is found in a petrified state in 

 Germany. 



It appears that the Buccina are not confined to the sea 

 only, for the Buccinum fluviatile is known to frequent 

 the mouths of muddy rivers in India. 



The Buccinum flumineum is also a fresh-water species, 

 as is the Buccinum virgineum, which inhabits the rivers 

 of Virginia. 



The African, American, Indian, European, and South- 

 ern oceans, produce the greater part of the species ; and 

 many are found on the British shores, also some few in 

 the Mediterranean. 



This genus in all probability derives its name from 

 some of its species being formed like a trumpet, cornet, 

 or horn. 



BVCCmVM-- Whelk. 



A. Inflated, rounded, thin, subdiaphanous, and brittle, 



Olearium {Clouded Tun.) Niveurn. 



Galea {Brown Tun.) Clathratum. 



Perdix {Partridge Tun.) *Lineatuni. 



Pomum, *Breve. 



Dolium {Spotted Tun. ) *Mininmm. 



Caudatiuu. *Obtusuluni. 



