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THE OCEAN WOULD. 



,top of its larger spiral. Turbo marmoratus (Linnaeus), the Marbled 

 Turbo (Fig. 227), is the largest shell in the group. It is marbled, 

 green, white, and brown, outside, and superbly nacred within. The 

 Gold-mouthed Turbo is so named from its nacre being of a rich 

 golden yellow. The Wavy Turbo (T. undulatus), (Fig. 228), vulgarly 

 known as the Australian Serpent's Skin. The shell is white, orna- 

 mented with longitudinal waving flexible lines of spots of green, or 

 greenish- violet. Turbo imperial** (Fig. 229), from the Chinese seas, 

 is green without, and brilliantly nacred within ; it is vulgarly known 

 as the paroquet. 



The Turbos are found in the North seas, in the Channel, and on 

 the Atlantic coast. The animal is eaten in nearly all the sea-ports 

 of the Channel. 



Rotella Zealandica, 

 from the Indian Ocean, 

 whose shell, represented 

 in Fig. 230, presents 

 the most lively colours, Fig. 230. 



Zealandica. 



lorms one 01 a genus 



by no means numerous in species. 



Near to the Troclii and Turbos in 

 the system are the Monodonta. 



The Monodonta are elegantly- 

 marked shells, belonging to the seas 

 of warm countries. M. Australis 

 (Fig. 231) is a native of Australian 

 seas. M. Idbia (Fig. 232) is a small 

 brown shell, with white spots, which 

 is very common on the shores of the Mediterranean. 



Fig. 229. Turbo imperialis (Gmel.). 



Fig. 231. Monodonla 

 Australis (Lamarck). 



Fig. 232. Monodonta labia 

 (Lamarck). 



