218 TURBO. TURBAN. 



pcring to a fine point, sometimes slightly curved, and 

 frequently tinged with rufous brown : spires from nine to 

 thirteen, very flat, with hardly any visible separating- line : 

 aperture oval, ending in a sharp point; the outer-liiv thick 

 but not margined, prominent and rounded in the middle, 

 and sloping to both ends ; inner-lip reflected : length three- 

 quarters of an inch ; breadth hardly a quarter of an inch. 

 On the western coasts, v. m. 



63. Turbo subulatus. Aid-shaped Turban. 

 Donovan, pi. 1J2 Dorset Cat. pi. 19. f. 34. 



Shell yellowish white, or dull red, smooth, glossy, slen- 

 der and tapering to a very fine point : spires about ten, 

 quite flat, with hardly any visible line of junction, each 

 marked with two faint yellowish spiral bands winding round 

 the volutions, which become obsolete towards the point : 

 aperture narrow oval, contracted at the inner angle, and 

 rounded at the top : length half an inch ; breadth not a third 

 of its length. 



Western coasts, and Dunbar : rare. v. m. 



64. Turbo subtruncatus. Obtuse Turban. 

 Montagu., p\. 10. f. 1. 



Shell tapering to a rather obtuse point, yellowish-white, 

 transparent and often a little glossy, smooth or faintly stri- 

 ate longitudinally : spires six or seven, rounded and sepa- 

 rated by a deep depressed line : aperture somewhat orbicu- 

 lar, iaclin ng to oval : length two-tenths of an inch ; breadth 

 a fourth of its length. 



Western coasts, and North Britain: rare. 



65. Turbo truncatus. Abrupt Turban. 

 Montagu, pi. 10. f. 7 Dorset Cat. pi. 19. f. 8. 



Shell cylindrical, smooth, horn-color, glossy, transpa- 

 rent, abrupt at the point as if broken off: spires four, rarely 

 five, much raised and divided by a deep depressed line, 

 sometimes slightly striate at the margin of the volutions : 

 aperture rather oval, slightly margined ; the inner-lip re- 

 flecting a little on the pillar : length two-tenths of an inch ; 

 breadth a third of its length. 



Western coasts, and North Britain, v. m. 



66. Turbo 



