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57. BUCCINUM PAPILLOSUM, LINN. The Tuberculated Buc- 



(Collect. MASS. LAM.) LIST., Conch., t. 969, fig. 23. 

 PI. xv, %. 54. 



B. testa ovato-conica, crassiuscula, in fundo fulvo-fuscescente, tubercu- 

 lis albis seriatis creberrimis undique obsita ; apertura albd ; labro dextro 

 inferne denticulis muricato. 



Shell ovate, conical, thick, composed of eight convex and 

 subcarinated whirls ; the whole surface ornamented with small 

 tubercles formed like rounded papillae, eight transverse rows 

 of which appear upon the lowest whirl, four upon the second, 

 and three only upon those of the spire ; they gradually dimm- 

 ish in size towards the summit, which is generally of a rose 

 color. Aperture white, ovate, rounded, terminated at its up- 

 per part by an angle of the right lip, and a thick ridge of the 

 left lip, which form a canal : the emargination -at the base is 

 oblique. Right lip thick, furnished upon its edge with six or 

 seven spinose teeth, and in the interior with numerous transverse 

 striae, very fine, and slightly apparent. Left lip smooth, and 

 obliterated above ; it forms a convex varix at the base, and 

 terminates near this point by a straight and somewhat pointed 

 projection. The general color is whitish or reddish, marked 

 upon the convexity of the lowest whirl, with a large red or 

 fawn-colored spot, the rest of the spire sometimes sprinkled 

 with other smaller spots of the same color. 



Length 1 inch 9 lines. Width 10 lines. 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean, the coasts of Tranquebar, Java, 

 and Madagascar. 



The noduled tubercles which exist upon this shell render it 

 easily known, and serve to distinguish it from other species to 

 which its form has some resemblance. 



