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2. 

 Buccinum Lapillus. Lm. Syft. p.l202,-^Gmel Syjl. p. 3454.53. Lapillui, 



Lijier Conch, t. 965. f. IS. 19. 



Id. Angl. t.3. f. 5. 6. 



Martini Conch, ili. t. 121. f. Ill 1. 1112, 



Id. iv. t. 122. f. 1124. 1125. & var. 



'Pctiv. Gaz. t. 18. f. 5. 



Br. Zool. t.72. i.S9.~Turt. Lin. iv.p.397, 



P/dt. Cat. Dorfet. p. 41. 



Don. Br. Shells, i. t. 11. 

 Purpuro-Buccinum. Da Cojia. p. 125. t. 7. f. 1. 2. 3. 4. 9. 12, 



B. with a thick fhell, with five or fix fpires, fl;rongIy 

 flriated fpirally, and fine, elevated, irregular, undulated 

 ftricE, longitudinally : apex finall, pointed : aperture oval j 

 outer lip waved, or Tub denticulated ; pillar lip finooth, 

 replicated. Length rarely exceeds two inches ; breadth 

 an inch. 



This fpecies is fubjeft to great variety ; in fomcthe lon» 

 gitudinal flirias are membranaceous and fliarp ; others are 

 almoft fmooth and deflitute of any : the colour is ufually 

 dirty-white, or yellowifh ; but fometimes prettily banded 

 with chefnut-brown, or yellow. Young fliells vary fo 

 much in fhape as fcarcely to be afcertained -, fome are ex- 

 tremely ventricofe in the body whirl, with the upper vo- 

 lutions very fmall; and the whole (hell muricated with 

 concave, fpinous ridges: others are more taper, and only 

 fpirally ridged. 



This is one of the moft common fhells upon our coaft, 

 adhering to rocks quite up to high-water mark. 



The 



