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remarkable character of this fliell is, that the extreme 

 fpire turns perpendicularly upward, and then downward 

 on the volution beneath, making half a lateral turn. 



Mr. Walker, who fpeaks of this fpecies as very rare 

 at Sandwich, could only have taken his defcription from 

 fmall and worn fpecimens, as he dates it to have but nine 

 fpires, and to be opaque. In that flate we received it 

 from Mr. Boys for the (hell above quoted. We have 

 found it not uncommon in fand from Falmouth harbour; 

 and more rarely on the coaft of Devon, but have obtained 

 it alive from Salcomb bay in the fouth, and from Ilfracomb 

 irt the north : in this ftate it is covered with a brow^n epi- 

 dermis, "which oblcures the beauty of the fhell. 



6. 

 T. with nine extremely flender, faiooth, pellucid-white Nitidissimus. 

 fpires, terminating in a fine point: the volutions greatly Tab. 12. f. 1. 

 raifed and much rounded, feparated by a deep deprelTion : 

 aperture fub-orbicular ; inner lip a little refleded. Length 

 one eighth of an inch. 



We found this fpecies in fand from Falmouth harbour, 

 very rare. 



Turbo turrJtus feptem anfraftlbus firigatis apertura ovali, Unicus. 



IValL Mill. Shells f. 40. Tab. 12. f. 2. 



Turbo albidus. Turt. Lin. iv. p 500. 



Ada7ns Microfc. t. 14. f. 17. 



Q q 2 T. with 



