Mr. Gray's Monograph on (fie Ci/prceidd:. 371 



The shape of the columella, and the color of the teethj at once 

 distinguishes this species from the next. 



32. Cyprcea Pyrum. — The Pear Cowry. 



Testa ovata, pyriformi, subumbilicata, fulvo rufescente ; dorso 

 subfasciato, et maculis albidis nebulato ; lateribus subtusque fulvos- 

 croceis; dentibus albidis ; columella antice laevi. 



Cyprcea Pyrum. Gmelin Z4:l\. (^i). Schreiber^s Conch. ']. 69. 

 Dillwyn. ii. 457. 



Cypraea flaveola. Born. Mus. 190. 



Cypraea maculosa. Gmelin 3412 (2). 



Cypraea ochracea. Solander''s MSS. Portland Catal. 



Cypraea Siciliana. TJlysseiP Travels 455. 



Cypraea Rufa. Lamarck Ann. Mus. xvi. 92. Ilist. vii. 388. 



*' Cypraea cinnamomea. OUvi." Dillwyn. 



*' Cypraja variolosa. Gfnelin." Dillwyn. 



*' Cypraea fulva. Gmelin.'''' Dillwyn. 



Cypraea n. 16. Sckroeter Einl. j. 188. 



Icon. Bonanni Rec. iii. f. 259. (2). I{i?rh iii. f. 258. (2). 

 Gaultier t. 14. f. E. (1). Martini'], t. 26. f. 267, 268 (I)! 

 Encyc. Method, t. 353. f. 1. ! 



Inhabits Mediterranean and African Sea, Sicily, Bonanni. 

 Africa and Malaga, Martini. Adriatic S^a, Brochi. Senegal and 

 Gulph of Tarent, Lamarck. Mus. Brit. Nost. 



i3. fossilis. Lamarck. Ann. Mus. xv. Hist. vii. 406. 



" Plaisantin. Mus. Dom. Faugas." Lamarck 1. c. 



Shell ovate pear-shaped, mottled with brownish fulvous, spotted 

 with white and darker brown, obscurely banded ; base rather 

 convex, bright reddish fulvous ; sides rather thickened, the same 

 colour as the base ; aperture fulvous ; teeth blunt, rather distant, 

 white ; columella smooth, and rather concave in front, with the 

 innermost part rather denticulated ; spire concave, often covered ; 

 inside white. Axis il, diameter -^-^ of an inch. 



Certaiuly the most beautiful of the European species. 



33. Cypraea pyrlfor mis. — The Pear-shaped Cowry. 

 Testa ovata, pyriformi, subumbilicata, albido-cinerea, obscure 

 trifasciataj lateribus subtusque albis^ marginibus sub- 



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