PLATE XI. 



BUCCINUM LAPILLUS. 



MASSr, OR PURPLE WHELKE. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Aperture oval, ending in a short canal. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Ovated, terminates in a sharp point, spirally ridged. Pillar Up broad, 



BucciNUM Lapillus: testa ovata acuta striata lasvi, columella pla- 



niuscula.— Zm. Si/st. Nat. p. 1202. No. 4C7. 

 Cochlea testa crassa ovata utrinque producta j spiris quinque splraliter 

 sulcatis; aperturae labro undulato. Faun. Siiec. p. 378. 

 No. 2167. 

 Buccinum minus, albidum, asperum, intra quinas spiras finitum. List. 



H. An. Aug. p. 158. tit. 5. tab. 3. fg. 3. 

 Buccinum brevi rostrum supra modum ciassum, ventricosius, labro 

 denticulato : Purpura Anglicana. List. H. Conch. 

 tab. 965. fig. 18. — Et b. brevi rostrum, album den- 

 ticulo unico ad imam columellam. Purpura Angli- 

 cana. Fig. 1^. 

 Purple marking Whelke. Borlase Corn. p. 277. tab. 22>.fig.U. 

 English purple. Smith Cork. p. 318. 

 Horse wrinkles. Smith Waterford. p. 272. 

 Small purple Whelke. Wallis Northumb. p. 401 . 

 Buccinum lapillus, Massy. Penn. Br, Zool. 4. No 89. tab. 72./^. 89. 

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