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GENUS BUCCINUM. 



98. BUCCINUM GRANIFERUM, NOBIS. The Grain-bearing 



(Collect. MASS. LAM.) LIST., pi. 972, fig. 27. 



PI. XXVII, fig. 111. 



B. testa parva, ovata, crassa, globulosa, albo-cinerea, basi transversim 

 striata, ordinatim tuberculata ; spira conica, acuta ; apertura ovata, angusta, 

 alba ; labro dextro crasso, inttis striato. 



Shell rather small, ovate, thick, globular, of an ash-white ; 

 spire conical, pointed, composed of six whirls, the lowest 

 much larger than all the others ; this whirl presents on its 

 surface conical, distant tubercles, disposed in four series ; a 

 few transverse striae ornament the base. The upper whirls 

 have only a single row of tubercles. Aperture ovate, narrow, 

 emarginated at the upper part, at its union with the right lip, 

 which is thick, striated internally. Columella arcuated, cover- 

 ing the left lip, which is expanded into a white, thick cal- 

 losity, covering the whole lower surface, and a portion of the 

 upper whirls. 



Length 7 lines. Width 5 lines. 

 Inhabits the East Indies. 



The uniform color of this little shell, and its callosity, easily 

 distinguish it. 



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 fl ^9. BUCCINUM CL.ATHRATUM, NOBIS. The Latticed Buccinum. 



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(Collect. MASS. LAM.) Voy. deVAstr., pi. 32, fig. 25-26. 



PI. XXVII, fig. 108. 



B. test& parvula, subglobosa, longitudinaliter plicata, transversim striata, 

 granulosa, fusco-rubente, ad medium ultimi anfractAs fasciata ; spira brevis- 

 sima, acuta ; labro albo, intus striato. 



Shell small, ovate, thick, slightly gibbous; spire short, 

 pointed, composed of six slightly convex whirls, covered with 





