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STROMBUS. 
StrombBus, Lin., Gmel., Delamarck. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Testa ventricosa: basis canali brevi truncato vel emar- 
ginato: labium exterius rectum, (in adultioribus sim- 
pliciter alatum,. ala ad basin inferne emarginata). 
ANIMAL marinum, carnivorum, trachelipodum; cor- 
pore spirali; pede compresso ad cervicis basin infe- 
riorem. 
STROMBUS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Shell ventricose; base with a short canal, which is either 
emarginate or truncate; external lip strait (in old shells 
dilated into a simple wing, notched at the base beneath). 
ANIMAL marine, carnivorous; body spiral, with a com- 
pressed foot at the inferior base of the neck. 
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