STROM BUS. 



Generic Character. 

 Testa veniricosa: basis canali brevi, truncato vcl emarginato; labium exterius 



simpliciter alatum, ala ad basin infcnte emarginata ; supra dilatata. 



Animal mariniim, carnivorum, trachelipodum ; corpnre spirali ; pedc compresso 



ad cervicis basin inferiorem. Leach in Zool. Misc. vol. i. p. 51. 



Typus Genericus S. piigilis. Linn. 



Shell ventricose; base with a short canal, wliich is either emarginate or 

 truncate ; external lip dilated into a simple wing, notched at the base, 

 and prominent above. 



Animal marine, carnivorous ; body spiral, with a compressed foot at the 

 inferior base of the neck. 



Generic Type S.ptigilis. Linn. 



STROM BUS minimus. 

 Little Stromhus — central Jigures. 



S. testa nodose plicatd ; spird subtilissimi striata ; labia interiore reflecto, in- 

 crassato, supra obtust-acuminato ; exteriore intra lavi, supra alte-lobato, 

 anfractui secundo spirali adjuncto. 



Shell with nodulous plaits ; the spire finely striated ; inner lip thickened 

 and reflected, and obtusely pointed above. Outer lip smooth within, 

 deeply lobed above, attached to the second spiral volution. 



Lister 859. 15. Chemnitz, tab. 156. Jig. 1491, 1492. Rumph. tab. 36, P. 

 Gualtieri, tab. 32, G. 



Strombus marginatus. Dillni/n's Cat. p. 665. no. 18. 



A TRETTY and diminutive species, scarcely ever more than 

 one inch three lines long. The spire long in proportion, and 

 occupying half an inch : when in perfection the colour is a deep 

 chcsnut, minutely broken into finely serrated darker lines, with 

 one, two, or three interrupted bands of white on the body whorl, 

 the spire, and margin of the outer lip paler ; there are two or 

 three nodules above ; and the spiral volutions have the carinated 

 row of tubercles usual in the Stromhi, and are besides finely stri- 

 ated transversely. The base of the shell is more deeply and di- 

 stinctly striated ; both the lips are much thickened, tumid, white, 

 V\. 10. 



