PART II. 



3IURICINJE. 



CASSIN^E. 



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longer than the body whorl; varices numerous; no in- 

 ternal channel at the top of the aperture, (fig. 65. c.) 

 lamellosa. Chem. f. 1823-4. scaber. En. Meth. 419. f. 6. 

 magellanica. En. M.419. f.4. hexagona. Ib. 418. f. 3. 

 peruviana. Ib. f. 5. erinacea. Mart. f. 1026. 



senticosa. Ib. f. 3. 



VITULARIA Sw. General habit of Muricidea, but the 

 inner lip is depressed and flattened as in the Pur- 

 purinae; varices simple, nearly obsolete (fig. 65. e.) 

 tuberculata Sw. En. M. 419. f. 1. (Murex vitulinus Auct.) 



TRITON * Lam. The varices few, and placed 

 alternately, (fig. 64.) 



australis. Sow. Gen. f. 1. 

 lotorium. Ib. f. 1. (fig. 66. e) 

 anus. Jb. f. 2. clavator. f. 3. 

 variegatum. (fig. 65. d) 



RANELLA Lam. Varices forming a ridge on 

 both sides of the shell ; channel short, 

 marginata. Sow. Gen. f. 2. spinosa. En. M. 421. 5- 

 caudisata. Ib. f. 1. crumena. Ib. 421.3. 



SUB-FAM. 2. CASSIN^E. 

 Shell large, ventricose, generally smooth ; spire very 



* This is the only character by which this group, as a genus, can be dis- 

 tinguished ; and this is exceptionable, because there are some species, like 

 T.clandeslinum (fig. 64.), which have the outer lip thickened, and are with- 



