456 dentaxiadjE. 



lum in the Linncean Transactions (vol. viii. p. 238,) being taken 

 from Gmelin, does not apply to any supposed British species. 

 Turton in his description, confounds the D. aprinum (of Deshayes' 1 

 Monograph) with this shell. 



D. variabile, Deshayes. 



Dentalium eburneum, Turton, Conch. Diction, p. 37. 



„ album, Turton, Conch. Diction, p. 25G. — Brit. Marine Conch, p. 2. 

 „ variabile, Desh. Monog. Dental, p. 3*2 (pi. 2, f. 30!); Encyclop. 



Meth. vol. ii. pt. 2, p. 75. — Sowerby, Zool. Journ. vol. 

 iv. p. 182. — M. Edwards, Lam. Anim. s. Vert. (ed. 

 Desh.) vol. v. p. 592. — Chenu, 111. Conch. Dentalium, 

 pi. 1, f. 27, 28, 2!) (probably). 



An exotic species, said to be East Indian ; introduced by Turton 

 as not uncommon on the ivestem coast ! The name of album must 

 succumb to the subsequent one given by Deshayes, since the descrip- 

 tion, which is by no means good (indeed without the types we 

 could not have determined the species), is neither in Latin nor 

 accompanied by an illustrative drawing. 



