PHILINE. 539 



single ; gizzard armed with testaceous plates ; tongue 

 without axile teeth, hiterals in single or double file. Her- 

 maphrodite. 



The name Phil'me was applied to this excellent genus 

 by Ascanius, and Loharia by Miiller. Lamarck's appella- 

 tion has, however, become so established, that the older 

 names are seldom used. 



P. APERTA, Linuseus. 

 Moderately large, only sculptured by lines of growth. 



Plate CXIV. E. fig. 1, and (Animal) Plate U. U. fig. 1. 



Plancus, De Conchis, i.l. 1 1, f. D, E, F, G. 

 Bulla aperia, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, p. 1183, in part. — Pulteney, Hutchins, 

 Hist. Dorset, p. 40. — Donov. Brit. Shells, vol. iv. pi. 120, f. 1. 



— Mont. Test. Brit. p. 208, vign. 2, f. 1, 2, 3, 4, and Suppl. 

 p. 94, — Maton and Rack. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. viii. p. 121. 



— Rack. Dorset Catalog, p. 43, pi. 22, f. 3. — Turt. Conch. 

 Diction, p. 23. — Fleming, Brit. Animals, p. 294. — Olivi, 

 Zool. Adriat. p. 37. — Brug, Encycl. Meth. Vers, vol. i. p. 375. 

 — CuviER, Ann. du Mus. vol. i. p. 156, pi. 12, anatomy, &c. ; 

 vol. xvi. p. 6. — DiLLW. Recent Shells, vol. i. p. 477. — Costa, 

 Test. Sicil. p. 76.— Reeve, Conch. Syst. vol. ii. pi. 153, f. 3. 



Philine quadripavtita, AscAN. K. Vetenks. Ak. Handl. (Stockholm) 1 772, p. 329, 

 pi. 10, f. A, B. — LovEN, Ladex Moll. Scandinav. p. 9. 

 Bulla bulla, Da Costa, Brit. Conch, p. 30, pi. 2, f. 3. 



Loharia (piadriluliata, Abildgaard in Muller, Zool. Danic. vol. iii. p. 330, pi. 

 100, f. 1 to 5, animal. — Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 3143, 

 animal. 

 Bullcea Planciana, Lam. Syst. Anim. s. Vert. ed. 1, p. 63. — Philippi, Moll. 

 Sicil. vol. ii. p. 94, pi. 20, f. 3. 

 „ ajjerta, Lam. Anim. s. Vert. (ed. Desh.) vol. vii. p. 664. — Brit. Marine 

 Conch, p. 137. — ■ Brown, Illust. Conch. G. B. p. 57, pi- 2, 

 f. 5, 7.— Chiaje, Poll, Test. Sicil. vol. iii. pt. 2, p. 27, pi. 3, 

 f. 23, 24.— Philippi, MoU. Sicil. vol. i. p. 121. 

 Bullea „ Blainv. Man. Malacol. pi. 45, f. 2. 



This abundant species is by far the largest of our wide- 

 mouthed BuIlideE. It is most loosely coiled, the back 

 being only moderately convex and the aperture so vastly 



