GENUS BUCCINUM. 3 



The Buccina are carnivorous animals, provided with a cylin- 

 drical trunk, susceptible of being much elongated or of being 

 concealed entirely within the body ; this trunk is armed at its 

 extremity with beaks, which enable the animal to pierce the 

 shell of other mollusca, upon which it preys. 



The sexes are separate. The shells of the males are gen- 

 erally smaller, and less inflated than those of the females. The 

 males are provided with a very large exciting appendage, which, 

 in a state of repose, is situated under the right edge of the 

 mantle. 



The eggs are generally united together ; they are sometimes 

 driven and transported by the waves to distances far removed 

 from the places where they had been deposited ; whence the 

 same species of BUCCINUM are often found in very different 

 climates. 



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The BUCCINA are met with in all seas, especially upon rocks, 

 where they are in large numbers ; the warmest climates furnish 

 the species most brilliant in coloring. Some species serve for 

 food to the inhabitants of many countries, particularly upon the 

 shores of the Channel. 



/ 1. BUCCINUM UNDATUM. LINN., GMEL. The W 



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(Collect. MASS. LAM.) LISTER, Conch., t. 962, fig. 14, 15. 



PI. II. fig. 5. Ji'1+y*,/ 



B. testa ovato-eonica, ventricosa, transversim sulcata et striata, striis 

 longitudinalibus tenuissimis decussata, longitudinaliter plicata, albida vel 

 griseo-rufescente ; plicis crassis obliquis undatis ; anfractibus convexis ; 

 apertura alba aut flava. 



Shell ovate-conical, ventricose, white, yellowish or reddish, 

 with a bright brown epidermis ; ridges and transverse striae 

 very prdminent, forming with the much less apparent longitu- 

 dinal striae/ a Species of- net-work ; nine whirls to the spire, 

 convex and crossed by oblique folds, thick and waved ; aper- 

 ture white, very large, ovate, deeply notched at its base ; 

 right lip arched. 



