46 G E N U S B U C C I N U M . 



of the summit, in such a manner as to leave not more than four 

 or five whirls, and it is only in this state that it is commonly 

 found in collections. 



45. BUCCINUM GERVIL.L.II. Germlle's Buccinum. 



(Collect. MASS.) PAYR., Cat. de la Corse, pi. 8, fig. 21. 



PI. XIII, fig. 43 et 44 var. 



B. testa elongatA, Isevigata, subturrita, fulv& vel rubro-fuscescente : an- 

 fractibus convexo-planis, superne punctis albis maculatis ; apertura angusta, 

 violacescente ; labro dextro tenui, inttis dentato. 



Shell pretty thick, smooth, narrow, elongated, subturreted, 

 formed of eight or nine slightly distinct roundish whirls, of a 

 fawn color or more or less deep brownish red ; some white 

 spots, forming a sort of zone beneath the sutures. Aperture 

 whitish, delicately shaded with a pale violet, rather small, 

 narrow, terminated by a straight canal, short, and very slightly 

 effuse at its extremity. Right lip thin and sharp ; the internal 

 edge denticulated. Columella lip covered in front by a point- 

 ed callosity, which partially conceals the striae of the base of 

 the lowest whirl, and exhibits a row of five or six small gut- 

 tules. Sometimes these do not exist. 



Length 7 lines. Width 2 lines. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean, the coasts of Provence, Corsica, 

 and Sicily. 



M. Payreaudeau first made us acquainted with this shell, 

 but he improperly placed it among the Mitres, for it has not 

 prominent folds upon the columella. Risso classed it as a 

 PURPURA, in his work upon the productions of Southern Europe, 

 and Blainville as a COLUMBELLA in his Faune Frangaise; with 

 the last genus it has some affinity ; nevertheless, it has not so 

 narrow an aperture, nor the swelling of the lip so prominent ; on 

 the contrary, this part, in his BUCCINUM, is effuse. It presents, 

 also, several varieties of color, and some specimens are found 



