446 MURICID^. 



nor beaked anteriorly. Mouth not very narrow, scarcely so long 

 as the spire. Outer lip thickened externally, denticulated within ; 

 usually with a brown spot and subsinuated posteriorly. Length 

 rather exceeding the fifth of an inch ; breadth only a line. 



A West Indian shell allied to the parva of Sowerhy''s Alonograph 

 of the Columbellse {Thes. Conch, vol. i. p. 142, pi. 40,/. 170), hut 

 distinguished by its scidpture. It tvas well described and fairly 

 enough delineated hy Montagu, who introduced it as a Weymouth 

 shell on the authority of Mr. Bryer. 



Triton cutaceus, Linnseus. 



Murex cutaceus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, p. 1217. — Born, Test. Mus. Vind. 

 p. 299. — DiLLW. Recent Shells, vol. ii. p. G97, not var. 



Dolium, ^c. Martini, Concli. Cab. vol. iii. pi. 118, f. 1087. 



Triton cutaceum. Lam. Anim. s. Vert. (ed. Desh.) vol. ix. p. 640. — Turton, 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. vii. p. 352. — Sowerby, Genera Shells, 

 Triton, f. 3.— Desh. Encjxl. Meth. Vers, vol. iii. p. 1032, 

 pi. 414, f. 2.— Philippi, Moll. Sicil. vol. i. p. 213; vol. ii. 

 p. 184. — Kiener, Coq. Vivant. Trit. pi. 13, f. 1. — Sowerby, 

 Conch. Man. f. 399. — Reeve, Conch. Svst. vol. ii. pi. 244, 

 f. 3 ; Conch. Icon. vol. ii. Trit. pi. 11, f. 39 (cuiaceus). 



Tritonia cutacea, Turt. Zool. Journ. vol. ii. p. 567. 



Randla tuhermlata, Risso, H. N. Europe Mer. vol. iv. p. 203, f. 123. 



Tritonium cutaceum, Blainv. Faune Franq. Moll. p. 115, pi. 4, B. f. 5. 



A Mediterranea7i species introduced into our Fauna by Turton, 

 as having been cast ashore in a ivorn state at Padstow and 

 Guernsey. 



Dolium perdix, Linnaeus. 



Lister, Hist. Conch, pi. 984, f. 43. 

 Buccinum per(}ia;,hmti. Syst. Nat. cd, 12, p. 1197. — Pulteney, Hutchins, 

 Hist. Dorset, p. 41. — Mont. Test. Brit. p. 244, pi. 8, f. 5. 

 — Maton and Rack. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. viii. p 134. — 

 Rack. Dorset Catalog, p. 44, pi. 15, f. 14. — Turt. Conch. 

 Diction, p. 12. — Wood, Index Testaccolog. pi. 22, f. 3. 

 Dolium, ^-c. Martini, Conch. Cab. vol. iii. p. 393, pi. 117, f. 1079. 



„ perdix, Laji. Anim. s. Vert. (ed. Desh.) vol. x. p. 144.— Fleming, Brit. 

 Animals, p. 342. — Brit. Marine Conch, p. 213. — Blainv. 

 Faune Franc;. Moll. p. 192, pi. 7, B. f. 2. — Kiener, Coq. 

 Vivant. Dol. p. 4, pi. 5, f. 9; transl. Storer, p. 4. — Reeve, 

 Conch. Icon, vol, v. Dol. pi. 6, f. 9, 



