PLATE VIII. 



This Shell is found on the coasts of Sussex, Dorset, Devonshire, 

 Cornwall, Wales, See. — It is an elegant species, commonly white, 

 variegated with zig-zag stiipes and waves of fine red, as shewn at 

 Fig. 1 . Sometimes, however, they are of a dull yellowish tint, in- 

 stead of white, with the stripes of a dark brown. The Shell is of a 

 rich pearl colour when the outer coat is taken off. 



FIG. II. III. 

 TROCHUS CONULUS. 



CONULE. 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell conic, imperforated at the base. A prominent wreath along 



the spires. 



Trochus Conulus, testa imperforata conica, laevi, anfractibus linca 



elevata interstinctis. Linn. Sj/st. Nat. p. 1230. No. 598. 



Trochus pvramidalis parvus, ruberrimus, fasciis crebris cxasperatiis. 



List. IJ. Conch, tab. 6\6.fig. 2. 

 T. Conulus. Comde. Penn. Br. Zool. No. 101. tab. SO. fig. 104. 

 Trochus Conulus, Conule. Da Coata, Br. Conch. 21. tab. 2. 



fig. 4. 4. 



Linnaus proposes tliis as a species, (Conulus); but at the samr 

 nme observes, it may be a small varietv of the Trochus Zizvpliinus, 



