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65. BUCCINUM RETICULATUM, LINN., GMEL. The 



lated Buccinum. 



(Collect. MASS. LAM.) LIST., Conch., t. 966, nV. 21, a^ y 



PI. XXIll, fig. 91, and pi. XIX, fig. 71, vaj 



B. testa ovato-conica, longitudinaliter plicata, striis transversis dec 

 sata, subgranulosa, varie colorata; anfractibus convexo-planis ; apertura 

 rugosa et dentata. 



Shell egg-shaped, elongated, rounded, obtuse at its lower 

 extremity, pointed at the upper extremity ; it is moderately 

 thick. Spire conical, composed of eight or nine whirls, almost 

 flat, or slightly swollen, but distant from each other ; their 

 surface is deeply chequered by longitudinal folds, crossed 

 by numerous striae. Aperture moderate, white and ovate ; 

 right lip thick, ornamented within with seven or eight striae, of 

 which those of the middle are generally the largest. Colu- 

 mella slightly arcuated, covered with a thin, brilliant plate. 

 The color of this shell is of a yellowish white, reddish or 

 chestnut-color, with a blackish blue band, passing beneath the 

 suture. 



Length 15 lines. Width 7 lines. 



Inhabits all the seas of Europe, the Island of TenerifFe, the 

 Azores, and the coasts of Madagascar. 



This species, one of the most common of the genus, varies 

 much in its coloring, and offers quite a number of varieties, 

 either in its form, or in its whitish color, which is sometimes 

 uniform, and at others ferruginous. Some specimens are elon- 

 gated, others, on the contrary, are of a globular appearance, a 

 distinction, which, I suspect, is sexual. The most remarkable 

 variety is that upon which the striae are less marked, which gives 

 it also a less reticulated appearance, as may be seen in our 

 figure 71, pi. 19. 



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