3Q8 



Animal duflcy, with two fliort flat tentaculci, at the 

 bafe of which the eyes are placed. 



20. 

 PoLiTA, Helix polita. Pult. Cat. Dorfd. p. 49. 



Turbo politus. Gmcl. Syjl. p. 3612. 



7\rt. Lin. iv. p. 501. 

 Turbo laevis. Br. Zool. No. 115. t. 79- (upper fig.) 



Ttirt. Lin. iv. p. 497, 

 Stronibiformis glaber. Da Cojtap. 117. 

 Smooth white whelk. Borlafe Cornwall f. 211 . ? 



H. with a Rrong, white, and extremely gloITy fhell, 

 perfeftly fmooth, without wrinkles or firise : volutions 

 from nine to thirteen, depending on age and fize; quite 

 flat, and fcarcely defined by any feparating line ; flen- 

 der, and gradually tapering to a (harp point : aperture 

 oval, forming an acute angle, or contraftion, at the 

 upper end ; outer lip rather thick, but not marginated, 

 or reflexed ; inner lip replicated. Length five-eighths 

 of an inch, ufually lefs ; breadth two-tenths of an inch. 



This fpecies is found rarely on the wellern fliores ; 

 Da Costa fays Exmouth in Devonfairc ; and Do6tor 

 PuLTENEY {'^czks oi It. ivi DorfdJJiire, but not common. 



We have found it fparingly in Cornwall and Devon- 



JliirQ, the largeft of which was taken from the ftomach 



of an ASlinea pedunculata : minute fpecimens are fomc- 



times found on 0}jicrs and Scallops. In this infant flate 



they 



