284 INVERTEBRATA OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



GENUS FUSUS, LAM. 



Shell elongated, tapering to both ends, without varices ; aperture 

 oval, terminating in a straight or slightly curved canal ; operculum 

 horny, pear-shaped, with the nucleus at the small end. 



FUSUS IsLANDICUS. 



Shell elongated, bluish-white, covered with a horn-colored epider- 

 mis ; whorls eight, marked with equidistant, revolving lines ; aper- 

 ture as long as the spire. 



State Coll., No. 17. Soc. Cab., No. 315. 



Murex corneus, PENNANT ;' Brit. ZooL, iv. 124, t. 76, f. 99. MONTAGU ; Test. 



Brit., 258. DONOVAN ; Brit. Shells, ii. pi. 38. TURTON ; Conch. Diet., 89. 



DILLWYN ; Catal, ii. 733. WOOD ; Index, pi. 27, f. 107. 

 Murex Islandicus, GMELIN ; Syst., 3555. 

 Fusus Islandicus, MARTINI ; Conch., iv. 159, t 141, f. 1312, 1313. LAM. ; An. 



sans Vert., vii. 126. BRUG. ; Encyc. M6th., pi. 429, f. 2. KIENER; Species, 



(Fusus) pi. 7, f. 2. 

 Fusus corneus, SAY ; Amer. Conch., pi. 29. FLEMING ; Brit. Anim., 348. BROWN ; 



Conch, of Great Brit., fyc., pi. 47, f. 7, 9. Encyc. Brit., vi. 448. 

 Buccinum gracile, DA COSTA ; Brit. Conch., 124, t. 6, f. 5. 

 Buccinum angustius, LISTER ; Conch., t. 913, f. 5. 



Shell ovate, elongated, bluish-white, ponderous, semi-transpar- 

 ent, covered with a horn-colored, somewhat velvety epidermis ; 

 whorls eight or nine, moderately convex, somewhat compressed 

 before the suture, the anterior whorl equalling two thirds the 

 length of the shell ; the whorls covered with equidistant, sub-equal, 

 raised revolving lines, quite apparent through the epidermis ; lines 

 of growth faint ; suture distinct, somewhat channelled. Aperture 

 oblong oval, half as long as the shell, polished, porcelain-white 

 within ; outer lip sharp, and minutely crenulated by the revolving 

 lines ; pillar smooth, and overspread with enamel ; canal moder- 

 ately produced, and gently curved backwards. Length 2f inches, 

 breadth 1 T V inch, divergence 45. 



Var. pygmdus. Figure 199. Shell not exceeding four fifths 

 of an inch in length, whorls six, and preserving the proportions of 

 the type. 



A deep-water shell. Very large specimens, much worn, are 

 occasionally found upon Chelsea and Phillips's beaches ; along 



