TURBO. TURBAN. 219 



dC). Turbo disjunctus. Disjointed Turban. 



Luskey, JVern. Soc. i. pi. 8. f. 3. 



Shell rather slender, pointed, white, quite smooth : spires 

 six, very much swollen, divided by a very broad and deep 

 band, which is flat at the bottom or concave in a slight de- 

 gree, and not angular as in most other shells, giving the 

 volutions the appearance of being disunited : aperture 

 nearly orbicular; the pillar-lip reflected, with a perforation 

 behind it : length hardly a quarter of an inch j breadth a 

 third of its length. 



On the Scotch coast : very rare. 



G. The aperture toothed within: spires regular, 67 

 to 78. 



. 67. Turbo Tridens. Trident Turban. 



Montagu, pi. 11. f. 2Laskey, Wern. Soc. i. pi. 8. f. 11 

 Dorset Cat. pi. 19. f. 12. 



Shell somewhat cylindrical, tapering to a rather obtuse 

 point, smooth, glossy, light brown : spires six or seven, 

 flat and distinguishable only by the line of separation : 

 aperture small, rounded at the base, slightly contracting 

 towards the top, a little curved ; the outer-lip with a single 

 tooth at the margin ; pillar-lip slightly reflected, with two 

 teeth, which sometimes alternate with two much smaller 

 ones : dead shells become white : length about a quarter 

 of an inch ; breadth a third of its length. 



Caroline Park, near Leith; and lately in the neighbour- 

 hood of Eton : very rare. 



68. Turbo Juniperi. Juniper Turban. 



Montagu, pi. 12. f. 12 Dorset Cat. pi. 19. f. 11.* 

 Shell somewhat cylindrical, tapering to a rather obtuse 

 point, and a little narrowed towards the aperture, brown, 

 opakc : spires eight or nine, a little rounded and well de- 

 fined by the line of separation, striated longitudinally in an 

 oblique direction : aperture somewhat orbicular, white 

 margined and reflected, with three ridge-like teeth on the 

 outer-lip, and four on the pillar, behind which is a large ca- 

 vity at the base; the margin of the aperture does not quite 

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