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This fpecies is found on many of our fiiores, particu- 

 larly thofe of the weft of England; is not uncommon on 

 the coall of Sandwich in Kent, and on the fandy flats of 

 CaermarthenJIiire. It is, however, rarely taken alive, 

 even by dredging, from which we may conclude it is a 

 pelagic fhell. 



A variety is marked with dufl<y bands : and fometimes 

 a little itriated towards the point. 



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Dentalium Dentalis. Gmcl. Syfi. p. 37S5. 3 ? Striatum. 



Tiirt. Lin. Iv. p. 600. 

 Born Mil/, t. IS. f. 13. 



D. with a flender, fub-arcuated, taper (hell, very fmall 

 at the point, and pervious, regularly and clofelyflriated 

 the whole length of the fhell; the ftria^ in frefli fpeci- 

 mens are very confpicuous, and are about twenty in num- 

 ber : fometimes a few faint annulations are obfervableat 

 the larger end: colour white, but not gloffy. Length 

 half an inch; diameter of the largell part, one line. 



We have found this rare fpecies at Falmouth in Corn- 

 xoall, and on the fouth coaft of DevonJJiire. 



It is readily diflinguiflied from the young of the pre- 

 ceding fpecies, by its being elegantly ftriated. 



D. with 



