GENUS BUCCI NUM. 7J 



edge is expanded, marked with brown lines. Columella 

 smooth and arcuated. 



Length 3 lines. Width 2 lines. 

 Inhabits the coasts of England, and the West India Seas. 



Da Costa says that this little shell is found at Cornwall, where 

 it is very common ; and Dr. Pulteney maintains, also, that it is 

 very abundant upon the coast of Dorsetshire. 



This very small shell had been described and figured in several 

 old works, under the name of BUCCINUM lincatum. Lamarck, 

 not being aware of this circumstance, gave it the name of BUC- 

 CINUM pediculare, which has been retained by conchologists. 



72. BUCCINUM SULCATUM, NOBIS. The Furrowed Buccinum. 

 (Collect. MASS.) 



PI. XIII, fig. 45. 



B. testa parva, ovato-conica, luteo-albida, transversim tenuissime striata ; 

 spira elongata ; apertura ovata, albida ; labro dextro crassiusculo, inltis 

 transversim striato ; epidermi rufescente. 



Shell small, ovate, conical, spire elongated, formed of six 

 distinct whirls, furnished with numerous, transverse, pretty fine 

 stria? ; these striae are regular and beautiful ; there are none 

 upon the two upper whirls, which are smooth. Suture ap- 

 parent ; the stria which borders it, is a little more distant than 

 the others, and of an obscure color. Aperture ovate, whitish ; 

 right lip thickish', marked internally by transverse stria? ; colu- 

 rnella slightly arcuated, partially covered by a thin brilliant 



plate. Epidermis reddish. The shell is of an urtifbrfn yd- 

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lowish white color. 



Length 7 lines. Width 3^ lines. 

 Inhabits 



This shell is very remarkable for the numerous fine striae 

 which completely cover it. Its uniform color renders it easily 

 distinguishable. 



