STROMBUS CLA W SHELL. 89 



BUCCINUM Suhulatum.* 



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, ferruginousf 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 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 remarkable peculiarity in the shells of this 

 genus is their propensity to have their outer lip 

 expanded into a wing-like projection ; from this 



* Plate III, figure 4. 



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

 ferrug 0, rust. J Plate III. figure 5. 



