PLATE XXXr. 



MUREX DESPECTUS. 



THE LARGE OT DESPISED WHELK, 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Spiral, rough. The aperture ending in a strait and somewhat pro- 

 duced gutter or canaUculation. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Mouth wide, oval and somewhat elongated and cancellated at the 

 upper end. Spires eight. 



MuREx Des PECTUS : testa paiulo subcaudata oblonga anfra6libus 

 odio. Gmcl. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 3547. 



Buccinum album lasve, maximum, septem minimum spirarum. 

 List. H. Jn. Angl. p. 155. tit. 1. tab. 3. 



fig' 1- 

 Buccinum rostratum majus crassum, orbibus paululum pulvinatis. 



List. H. Conch, tab. 913. Jig. 4. 

 Murex ■ Despe£lus. Despised. Perm. Br. Zool. t. IS. Jig. 93, 

 Buccinum canaliculatum magnum crassum striatum album. Mag- 

 num. J)a Costa tab. 6.Jig.4:. p. 120. 



This is the largest of the turbinated univalves found in the British 

 Seas. It inhabits deep water, and is said to be a common shell on tlie 



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