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Is alfo very plentiful in fome parts of South Devon, 

 clofe to the fea, efpeciajly at Bigberry bay : even the 

 drifted fand at this place is full of dead fliellsj to the 

 depth of four feet. 



I 

 In all thefe places it is obfervable, that not one is to be 

 found as foon as you quit the fandy foil. 



Doftor PuLTENEY fpcaks of it as plentiful on the 

 downs in Dorfetjliire, near the fea. We found it alfo at 

 Kingsbridge in Devonjhire, not uncommon in one or two 

 fields, probably brought from fome diftance in fand, 

 (commonly ufed in that part for manure) as not a fingle 

 fhell is to be met with in any other place within fome 

 miles. 



The Turbo fafciatus fhould feem to be peculiar to 

 England, as we do not find it defcribed as inhabiting 

 the continent, by any foreign writer. It does not ap- 

 pear to be in the twelfth edition of the Syjlema Natures; 

 nor is it, that we can find, in that of Gmelin, except 

 where Lister's figure of it is erroneoully quoted for 

 Hclrx detrita. MulLer and Schroeter appear to be 

 equally unacquainted with it. 



65. 



FoNTiNALis. Turbo fontinnlis. Pult. Cat. Dorfct. p. A5. 



Don Br. Shells, iii, t. 102. 

 IValL Min Shells, f. 56. 

 Petiv. Gaz. t. 18. f. 2. 



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