170 'WORMS-. TESTACEA. 53. Volute; 



Chemn. Conch. g. tab. 103. /. 877. 878. 



Shell half an inch long, a quarter broad, yellow, very brittle, ra- 

 fembling B. fontinalis, but is generally larger, exactly oval, -the 

 whorls are very obtuie, and the aperture more contracted toward* 

 the top. 



36!. B. Hypnorum. Oval, glossy, pellucid, horn-colour, 

 with 5 or 6 reversed whorls tapering to a line point, 

 aperture ovate-lanceolate. 



Lister t. 1059.7. 5. Walk. min. She Us f. 54. Turbo. 



Shell above half an inch long, a quarter broad: refembles B. fon- 

 tinalis, but the body is not ib ventricofe, the upper-whorls are 

 produced to a fine point, and the aperture is shorter and narrower. 



53. VOLUTA. Mitre. 

 A. With the aperture entire. 



362. V. tornatilis. Oval, pointed at each end, spirally 

 striate and banded : pillar with a single fold. 



Br. Zool. t. 7 1./. 86. Donovan t. 57. Da Costa t. 8./. 2. 



Shell hardly an inch long, pale red with 2 white bands and nu- 

 merous longitudinal minute striae : whorls 8, the first very large : 

 aperture contracted, long. ' 



363. V. denticulata. Oval, semipellucid, brown, with a 

 raised rather pointed spire ; pillar with 3 or 4 plaits ; 

 the lip denticulate 



Denov. t. 138. Montague Suppl. tab. 20. f. 5. 



Shell nearly half an inch long, horny-brown, with a purplish top: 

 whorls 7 or 8 : aperture oblong-oval, half the length of the shell ; 

 the outer-lip with 2 or 3 tubercles. The younger shells have a 



single fold on the pillar-lip, and the lip is without the tubercles. 



364. V. alba. Oval, white, opake, finely striate longitu- 

 dinally, with an obtuse spire of 4 whorls, and long 

 narrow aperture. 



Adams Murosc. t. 14. /. 7. Walker min. Shells/. 61. 

 Shell one tenth of an inch long, with obtuie whorls. 



365. V. unidendata. Conic, smooth, glossy white, with 5 

 or 6 hardly raised whorls: pillar with a single tooth. 



Montague Brit. Shells. p. 324. Turbo unidentatus. 



366. V. spiralis. Conic, glossy white, with 4 or 5 

 whorls; the largest with transverse spiral ridges 

 half way from the base:; the rest finely ribbed lon- 

 gitudinally. 



frlontagne Brit. Shell, f. 323. tab. -\i.f. g. Turbo fpiralis. 



Shell minute, pellucid, glabrous, rather obtufe at top: whorLs 

 flattish, well feparated by a fine fpiral ridge : aperture fuborbicular : 

 pillar with a single fpiral fold. 



367. V. intcrstincta. Taper, glossy-white, with 5 flattish 

 finely ribbed whorls : pillar with a single small 

 tooth. 



Montague Brit. Shells, p. 324. t. 12./. 10. Turbo. 



Shell minute, obtufe at top : whorls w_ith longitudinal ribs, pa- 

 pillous towards the feparating line : aperture fuboval. 



368. V.plicata. Slender, glossy white, with 6 smooth 

 nearly flat whorls : pillar with a single tooth-like 

 fold. 



Montague Br. Shells, p. 325. Suppl. t. 21. /. 2. Turbo. 



Shell minute, taper, fubpcllucid, with a fine feparating line, ob- 



