TURBINELLA. 
Prats VIL. 
Species 35. (Fig. a and 6. Mus. Cuming.) 
TURBINELLA MURICATA. Turd. testd ovato-turbinatd, 
spira brevi, acuminaté, anfractibus transversim sulcatis, 
supernée angulatis, ad angulum squamato-tuberculatis, 
tuberculorum seriebus tribus ad basin; columellé 
quinqueplicatd, plicis duabus interstitialibus minoribus ; 
albd, epidermide crassiusculd fibrosé induté. 
THE PRICKLY TURBINELLA. Shell ovately turbinated, 
spire short, acuminated, whorls transversely grooved, 
angulated round the upper part, squamately tubercled 
at the angle, with three rows of tubercles at the base ; 
columella five-plaited, two interstitial plaits smaller ; 
white, covered with a rather thick fibrous epidermis. 
Desuayes, Anim. sans vert. vol. ix. p. 397. note. 
Foluta muricata, Born. 
Turbinella pugillaris, Lamarck. 
Hab. P 
The tubercles in this species are more compressed 
squamate and prickly than in the 7. cestus of the preceding 
plate, the furrows are more numerous and less deeply 
excavated, the plaits of the columella are more in number, 
alternately larger and smaller, and the epidermis is of a 
lighter brown. 
Species 36 (Mus. Cuming.) 
TURBINELLA GIBBULA. Turd. testd fusiformi-turbinatd, 
crassa, solidd, levigaté, ampliter umbilicata ; anfractibus 
superne concavo-depressis, tuberculis rotundatis obtusis 
ad angulum ; columellé obscuré plicaté, apertura brevi, 
fauce punctato-striatd ; lutescente, fasciis castaneis 
angustis undique creberrime cingulata. 
THE SLIGHTLY GIBBOUS TURBINELLA. Shell fusiform, 
turbinated, thick, solid, smooth, largely umbilicated ; 
whorls concavely depressed round the upper part, 
with obtuse rounded tubercles at the angle; columella 
obscurely plaited, aperture short, interior striated 
with raised dots; yellowish, very closely encircled 
throughout with narrow chesnut brown bands. 
Dersuayes, Anim. sans vert. vol. ix. p. 454. note. 
Murex gibbulus, Gmelin. 
Fusus filosus, Lamarck. 
Hab. New Holland; Lamarck. 
I have always considered, with M. Deshayes, that this 
species belongs properly to Turbinelia ; the columella plaits 
are discernible though somewhat obscure. 
Species 37. (Mus. Cuming.) 
TURBINELLA CERATA. Turb. testd fusiformi-turbinaté, 
undique transversim striata, anfractibus superné concavis, 
medio angulatis, tuberculis prominentibus compressis 
ad angulum armatis ; alba, ferrugineo tincté et macu- 
lata, epidermide subcorned induté 
THE WAXED TURBINELLA. Shell fusiformly turbinated, 
transversely striated throughout, whorls concave 
round the upper part, angulated in the middle, armed 
at the angle with prominent compressed tubercles ; 
white, stained and spotted with rusty brown, and 
covered with a somewhat horny epidermis. 
Gray, Wood’s Index Test. Supp. pl. 5. f. 15. 
Hab. Gallapagos Islands (under stones at low water); 
Cuming. 
The accompanying figure of this species has a much 
darker appearance than that in Wood’s Catalogue from its 
being represented with the epidermis. 
August, 1847. 
