UNIVALVES. CONUS. 81. 



Among the rarities may be enumerated the C. ammiralis 

 or admiral cone, the vice-admirals, guinea-admirals, and 

 the varieties of the zebra cones from the South Seas ; most 

 of which, when fine, are frequently estimated at from one 

 to ten guineas. But this price appears trifling when com- 

 pared with the value of the C. gloria-maris ; which, incre- 

 dible as it may appear, was estimated at one hundred 

 guineas. The following are also considered rare and beau- 

 tiful: the C. aurisiacus, C.glaucus, C. nobilis, and a variety 

 of C. quercinus, which has been found at the Friendly 

 Islands, surrounded with an elevated girdle, 



The far greater number of species are found in the In- 

 dian ocean ; some are brought from the shores of Africa 

 and America; and others from the South Seas. 



CONUS Cone. 



DIVISION I. SPIRE SUBTRUNCATED. 



FAMILY 1. Spire coronated. 

 Marmoreus Marbled. Zonatus Zoned. 



Nocturnus Night. Imperialis Imperial. 



Nicobaricus Nicobar. Fuscatus Clouded. 



Arachnoideus Spider-web. Candidus While. 



FAMIL\ 2. Spire plain or channelled. 

 Literatus Lettered. Mustelinus Weasel. 



Eburneus Square- spotted. Leopardus Leopard. 



Tessellatus Mosaic. Hyaena Hyena. 



Generalis General. Miles Soldier. 



Monile Necklace. Centurio Centurion. 



Canaliculatus Grooved. Fusiformis Fusiform. 



Radiatus Radiated. Spurius Spurious. 



Virgo Virgin. Leoninus Lion. 



Capitaneus Captain. Characteristicus Arabic. 



Chemnitzii Chemnitz's. Cserulescens Blue. 



Zebra Zebra. 



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