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2. S. E'LEGANS*, Risso. 



& elegans, Risso, Moll. Alp. Marit. p. 59, no. 128. S. putris, var., 

 F. & H. iv. p. 135, pi. cxxxi. f. 1-3. 



BODY thick, yellowish-brown, sometimes nearly black, co- 

 vered with minute round tubercles and clusters of black 

 specks : tentacles very short, yellowish- white and transparent, 

 streaked down the middle with lines of black specks ; upper 

 pair rounded at their tips : snout round and somewhat tumid : 

 foot broad, rounded in front and behind, narrower at the tail. 



SHELL oblong, not very thin, glossy, scarcely semitrans- 

 parent, amber-colour with a brownish or reddish hue, sculp- 

 tured like the last species : epidermis rather thin : whorls 3-4, 

 moderately convex but compressed towards the suture, the 

 last occupying about three-fourths of the shell : spire rather 

 short and pointed : suture remarkably oblique, not very deep : 

 mouth oval : outer lip slightly thickened and considerably in- 

 flected above : pillar lip sharp. L. 0'6. B. 0'25. 



Var. 1. minoi*. Shell smaller and thinner, of a reddish- 

 brown colour, with a shorter spire and more expanded mouth. 



Var. 2. ochracea. Shell smaller and thicker, also reddish- 

 brown, with a larger spire and smaller mouth. 



HABITAT : Similar situations and as extensively distri- 

 buted as 8. putris. Var. 1. Falmouth ; Hammersmith 

 (J. G. J.). Var. 2. Scarborough (Bean); Newcastle 

 (Alder) ; Tenby ; Tingwall lake, Zetland (J. G. J.). The 

 last variety is often mistaken for S. oblonga. This spe- 

 cies is also one of our upper tertiary fossils. Abroad it 

 is found everywhere between Finland and Sicily. Ac- 

 cording to Deshayes, it inhabits the Morea ; and Captain 

 Hutton notices it as an Afghanistan shell. 



The present species sometimes occurs living with S. 

 putris, of which, on account of the great variability of 

 form which prevails in all the species of this genus, 

 8. elegans has been considered by some authors as a 

 variety. Each of these species has, however, its own 



* Graceful. 



