PLATE XXXVIII. 



MUREX CORNEUS. 



HORNY, or SLENDER TFHELK. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



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

 duced gutter, or canaliculation, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Slender, white. Spires eight, swelled. Mouth oblong oval, ending 

 in a produced or lengthened deep twirled gutter. 



MuREX CORNEUS : testa oblonga rudi, anfractuum marginibus com-i 

 planatis, apice tuberculoso, apertura edentula, 

 Cauda adscendcnte, Linn. Sj/st. Nat. p. 1224, 

 No. 565. 



Buccinum angustius, tenuiter admodum striatum, octo minimum 

 spirarum. List. H. An. Angl. p. 157. ///. 4, 

 tab. S.Jig. 4. — App. H. An. Angl. p. 15, 16. 



Lesser long and smooth whelke, Dale Harxv. p. 381. No. 2. — . 

 Smith Cork, p. 401. No. 7. 



Narrow-mouthed whelke, with eight wreaths, WalUs Northuynh 

 /;. 401. No. 1. 



Murex corneus, Horny. Penn. Brit. Zool. No., 99. tab. 16. Jig. 99^ 



Buccinum canaliculatum medium, angusdus, album, striatum, octo 

 spirarum. Gracile Da Costa, p. 124, sp. 74, 

 iab. 6. fg. 5, 



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