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GEN. XXIX. 



^ NERITA. 



Animal a LI MAX. 

 SHELL univalve, fpiral, gibbous, flattifli beneath* 



Aperture femi-orbicular ; lip of the Columella tranf- 

 verfe, flattifli and truncated. 



Nenta liltoralis. Lin. Svji. p. 1255.— Gnicl. Syji. p. 3677. Littorali: 



Br. Zool. t.87.Ll43.^-Turt.Lm.iv.p.550. 



Lijler Conch, t 607. f. 3y. to 42. & f = 44. 



Id. Angl. t. S. f. 11 12. 13. 



Da Cojta. p. 50. t. 3. f. 7.— t. 4. f. 2. 3. 



JDon. Br. Shells, i. t, 20. f. 2. 

 Turbo neritoldes. Lin. Syji. p. 1232. — Gmel. Sjft. p.3588.2. 



Chem. Conch, v. t.l85. f.lS54. No. 1. to II. 



Turt. Lin. iv. p. 479. 



Pult. Cat. Dorfct. p. 44. 



N. with a thick, flrong (hell; colour various, com- 

 monly plain light, or orange-yellow, red, or brown ; 

 fo.netimes prettily mottled, or chequered brown, or yel- 

 low and white, and rarely fafciated: volutions lour or 

 five, the firft. very large, the others fmall and placed la- 



O o o 2 teral. 



