494 

 GEN. XXXII. 



DENTALIUM. 



A7mnal a TEREBELLA. 



SHELL univalve, tubular, nearly (Iralt; not divided 

 into chambers ; and (for the moll pari) pervious, or 

 . open at both ends. 



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Entalis. Dentaliuin Entalis. Lin. Syji. p.l263. — GmeL Syfi. p. 3736. 



Martim i. t. 1. f. 1. 2. 

 Lijier Conch, t, 547. f. 2. & t. 1056. f. 4. 

 Br. Zool. t. 90. f. \5\.—Petlv. t. 65.9. 

 Pult. Cat. Dorfcl. p. 52. 

 Borla/e Corniv. t. 23. f. 5. 

 Tnrt. Lin. iv. p. 601. 

 Dentalium vulgnre. Da Cojla. p. 24. t. 2. f. 10. 



D. with a flender, fmooth, gloffy, fub-arcuated fhell, 

 tapering to a fmall point, pervious : fometimes marked 

 with a ^e^\f circular wrinkles o? annulations : colour 

 white or yellowiili. Length an inch and a half; diame- 

 ter at the larger end two-tenths of an inch; and one 

 fourth as much at the fmaller end. 



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