Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ci/prceidce. 573 



**»* Ovuloidce. 



112. Cyprcea Capensix. — Cape Cowry. 



Testa ovala pyriformi, pallide fusci ; spiri concava, impress^ ; 

 ^triis longiludiiialibus confertissimis ; aperturS, linear! ; labio minu- 

 tissime denticulato ; labro longiore, extus marginato. 



Incompleta. Testa pallida, laevi, sub-angulata; labro edentulo. 



Icon. fVoud, Cat. Jpp. ined. t. 3. f. 18. 



Inhabits the African Coast. Cape of Good Hope. Fillet. 



Shell ovate, pearshaped, pale brown, with an irregular-shaped 

 dark liver-coloured spot on the centre of the back, ornamented 

 with an immense number of crowded, very narrow, longitudinal 

 striae, continued over the back without any dorsal line ; some of 

 the striae commence on (he sides, as if they were branches from 

 the sides of those striae which proceed from ihe mouth ; spire 

 concave, umbilicated, exhibiting 4 or 4k whorls ; aperture linear, 

 longer than the body of the shell, and bent towards the spire; 

 inner lip without any other teeth than the narrow longitudinal 

 lines, which are here more crowded than on the back of Ihe shell ; 

 front of the columella with a very obscure concavity, which is 

 striated all over; outer lip incurved, slightly thickened, and 

 rounded on the outside ; teeth rather large, distinct, rather darker, 

 with several of the longitudinal lines between each. 



Length -11, breadth ^ of an inch. 



When young this shell is pale brown, with three very obscure 

 rather dark bands, the middle one near the centre of the shell ; 

 it is smooth and polished, with several distant raised lines, which 

 form slight angular facets like those found in ihe Lymnew ', the 

 inner lip is quite smooth, without any appearance of teeth. The 

 outer lip, when formed, appears incurved, and shelving inwards, 

 with about 18 or 20 obscure, slightly raised lines, like teeth, on 

 its outer surface ; these extend from (he inner edge lo the margin, 

 where all, except the four or five front ones, which are divided 

 into two slight branches, are lost in the surface of the shell. 



This shell, in form, is somewhat like the C. adusta and C.py- 

 rum^ but differs in its peculiar teeth. In the latter respect, and 

 indeed in many others, it is very like C. /Ilgoensis, which is also 

 aa African species, and was brought to this country at the same 



