GENUS BUCCINUM. 



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48. BUCCINUM CLAUSIL.IFORME, NOBIS. The Clausilia- 

 shaped Buccinum. 



(Collect. MASS.) 

 PL XIII, fig. 46. 



B. testa parva, fusiform!, castanea, transversim tenuissime striata ; an- 

 fractibus convexiusculis, superne longitudinaliter plicatis, atris et albis 

 maculis cinctis ; apertura angusta, ovata, fuscescente ; labro dextro tenui, 

 intus striato. 



Shell small, spindle-shaped, of a chestnut color, covered 

 with numerous fine, transverse striae ; nine slightly convex 

 whirls to the spire, the upper longitudinally plaited ; sutures 

 pretty apparent, edged with small black and white slightly 

 elongated spots. Aperture narrow, ovate, brownish ; right lip 

 thin, delicately striated within. Columella slightly arcuated 

 and smooth, forming a small canal, emarginated at base. 



Length 6 lines. Width 2 lines. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean, the coasts of Provence, and the 

 Isle of Hieres. 



This singular little shell has the aspect of a CLAUSILIA, on 

 which account we give it the name. It has also some resem- 

 blance to the BUCCINUM Gervillii of Payreaudeau, but it is par- 

 ticularly distinguished by its more narrow and more elongated 

 form, by the transverse striae which cover its whole surface, and 

 above all, by its size, which is smaller than that of this last 

 species. 





49. BUCCINUM AURANTIUM, LAM. The OranzfcB 



(Collect. MASS. LAM.) MART.'' Conch. 4, t'. 125, 

 fig. 1188-1189? 



PI. XXV, fig. 101. 



B. testa minima, ovato-acuta, longitudinaliter et tenuissime plicata, obso- 

 lete decussata, luteo-aurantiaca, apice rubra ; anfractibus convexo-planis ; 

 apertura angustiuscula. 



Shell very small, ovate, oblong, attenuated at its extremities, 

 Buccinum. D 



