99 

 VOLUTA. 



Voluta triplicata. Don. Br. Shells, iv. t. 138. Triphcata.' 



A fhell under this denomination appears in the Britijljjhells^ 

 which is acknowledged to be given as a production of this 

 country, folely on the authority of a manufcript note of Da 

 Costa being attached to the fliell, which fays, " This (hell 

 is figured by Walker." Nothing however is further ad- 

 vanced by either to induce a belief that fuch was found in 

 England ; but the Turbo bidentata of Walker is reforted to, 

 as the fliell neareft allied to it in the work referred to by 

 Da Costa. That it is not the T. bidentata of Walker we 

 can fpeak from the fulleft authority, becaufe we received 

 that fliell from Mr. Boys repeatedly, marked 50, as a re- 

 ference to Te/lacea Minuta Rariora : and we have been fa- 

 voured with Voluta triplicata from Guernfey. It is true Mr. 

 Donovan has juitly fixed a note of interrogation to his 

 quotation. 



Shell ovate, fmooth, chefnut-brown , with fix fpires, the 

 firft occupying three fourths of the fliell : aperture con- 

 tracted ; columella triplicated. It is a ftrong fhell, and the 

 fpires are fo extremely flat as only to be marked by the fe- 

 parating line. Length fcarcely half an inch. 



For a comparifon of thefe fliells we refer to the work 

 above quoted, and to our Voluta denticulata. Tab. 20, Fig. 5. 



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