PLATE XXII. 



FIG. II. II. II. 

 TURBO TEREBRA. 



AUGER SHELL. 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell slender. Spires twelve, striated spirally. Six of the slri^ 

 rather prominent. 



Turbo Terebra: testa turrita anfractibus carinis sex acutis. 

 Gmel. Linn. Sijst. Nat. Conch, p. 3608. 

 sp. 8 1 . 



Cochlea testa longa subulata, spiris, duodecim striatis. Linn. Faun, 

 Stiec. 1. p. 378. No. 1322. 2. A^o. 2171. 



Buccinum tenue, dense striatum, duodecim minimum spiris donatum. 

 List. LI. An Angl. p. 161. tit. tab. 3. Jig. 8. 



Strombiformis medius albus nifo varlegatus, anfractibus striatis. Te- 

 rebra. Da Costa Brit. Conch, p. 112. sp. 65. 



Turbo Terebra. Auger. Penn. Br. Zuol. No. 113. tal). 81. fg. 

 113. 



The colours in this species vary exceedingly ; the ground colour 

 is generally white, or cream colour, with the streaks, dots, and 

 liiarkings of brown, jiale red, or orange. The length is from one 

 inch and an half to two inches or more. 



