STROMBUS CLA W SHELL. 89 



BUCCINUM Subalalum* 



TIGER SPIRE. 



Specific Character. Shell turreted, subulate, 

 smooth : colour white, tinged with yellow, red, 

 or brown, and marked on the body whorl with 

 three rows of squarish, dark, ferruginous f spots ; 

 the shell is from three to six inches long, and the 

 breadth scarcely exceeds one eighth of the length. 



Genus. STROMBUS.J Plural, Strombi. 



WINGED OR CLAW SHELL. 



Generic Character. Shell univalve, spirally 

 convoluted, canaliculated , form suboval ; aper- 

 ture longitudinal, more or less dilated, ending in 

 a beak turning to the right, that is, towards the 

 outer lip ; the outer lip usually expanding into a 

 kind of wing, with a sinus near the base. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE SHELL AND ITS 

 INHABITANT. 



The most remarkable peculiarity in the shells 

 of this genus is their propensity to have their 

 outer lip expanded into a wing-like projection ; 



* Plate III, fig. 4. 



f Ferruginous, of the colour of iron rust, from the Latin 

 ferrug o, rust. J Plate III. fig. 5. 



