, PLATE CLXXVII. 



TURBO ALBUS. 



tVUlIL iFRtATH SHELL» 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal Limax. Shell univalve, spiral, or of a taper form. Aper- 

 ture somewhat compressed, orbicular, entire. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell tapering, glossy, and white. 



Turbo AlBUs: testa turrita nitida alba, 



Strombiformis parvus albissimus lasvis, white. Da Costa Brit. 

 Conch, p. 116. Sp. 68. 



Turbo minimus Javis albus. Milk white smooth whelke. Borlase 

 Cormv. p. 277. 



Turbo albus. Penn. Brit. Zool. N° 114, tab. 79 ? 



We have never met with this shell on any of the British sea coasts, 

 although wc are told it is found not very unfrequently on several of 



