GENUS BUCCINUM. 



9. BUCCINUM ANNULATUM, LAM. Theltmged Buctinum. 



(Collect. MASS. LAM.) Encycl., pi. 399, fig. 4, a, b. 



PI. IV. fig. 11. 



B. test ovato-conica, transversim striata, albo-rufescente, anfractibus 

 superne angulatis . angulo annulatim cingulifero ; apertura laevi ', labro 

 tenui, simplice, inferne repando. 



Shell ovate, conical, transversely striated, of a reddish white 

 color ; spire pointed, composed of nine angular whirls, de- 

 pressed at their upper part, where they are surrounded by a 

 sort of wrinkled ring ; the whirls of the spire, with the exception 

 of the last, are by no means convex ; aperture ovate, whitish, 

 emarginated at its base ; right lip thin, sharp, forming a small 

 canal at its upper and internal part at its union with the left 

 lip; columella white. 



Length 9 lines. Width 6 lines. 

 Inhabits 



This species is remarkable for its pointed spire, and its angu- 

 lar whirls, the upper ones having their margin slightly scaly. 



10. BUCCINUM COCHODIUM, CHJSMN. The Stair-case Sue- 



/ -i./ 1 / / cinum. 



^^{(Uw*"'' V' 



(Collect. MASS.) MARTINI, pi. 55. 



PI. VI. fig. 17. J;l**ftrr< .?ZV 



B. testa ovato-conica, crassiuscula, lasvi, luteo-rubente, lineis longitudina- 

 libus rufo-fuscis, anfractibus angulatis, complanatis, ultimo convexiusculo, 

 spira longiore, supernis ad angulam subplicatis; apertura griseo-lutescente ; 

 labro simplici, basi repando. 



Shell ovate, fusiform, very thick, smooth, whitish, orna- 

 mented throughout its whole length with lines, generally undu- 

 lated, of a reddish fawn color ; spire conical and pointed, 

 formed of seven or eight strongly prominent whirls, flattened 

 above, and presenting a species of canal, and an obtuse, con- 



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