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T. of a long, taper (hape, with from twelve to fixteen 

 volutions, terminating in a very fine point; the larger 

 whirls are fomewhat rounded, the fmalier ones Icfs diftind, 

 marked with many fine, fpiral (Iriac, or (harp elevated 

 ridses : colour lisht-brown, fometimes rufous-brown : 

 aperture orbicular; outer lip thin, fragile, and femi-pel- 

 lucid. Length generally about an inch and a half, fome- 

 times two inches ; breadth at the bafe five-eighths of an 

 inch. 



Worn fliells, that have lofl the outer coat, are frequenly 

 marked with flreaks of chefnut-brown, or with an inter- 

 rupted fpiral belt. This fpecies is not uncommon on fome 

 ofourftiores, but moftly mutilated. We once found it 

 alive, in great abundance, adhering to aigcE, thrown up 

 at Dawlijlt in DevonJJnre, after a fevere Itorm : and have 

 dredged it up from Salcomb bay, and other parts of the 

 fame coaft. 



Doftor PuLTENEY confidcrcd this as the T. ungulmus 

 of LiNNAUS, and not the Terebra. Gmelin, however, 

 quotes Martini's figures, which are certainly this fliell ; 

 and does not quote any author for the imgulinus but 



MULLER. 



Poffibly both thefe fiielis are mere varieties, with the 

 fpiral ridges more or lefs numerous and prominent. 



yVnimal yellowifli, firiped with dufivy : tcntacula two, 

 fliort, with the eyes placed at their bafe, 



Strombif. 



