STROMBUS lobatus, 

 Lohcd. or Bmidled Stromhus. 



Generic Character. — See PL 10. 



Specific Character. 



S. testa nodulosd ; spird brevi, iiiermi ; labio exteriore suprd repando, 

 bilobo, margine crasso, rejiexo ; aperturd htvi, rubescente ; canale 

 brevi. 



Shell nodulous ; spire short, unarmed ; outer lip above spreading, 



two-lobed, margin thick, reflected; aperture smooth, reddish; 



channel short. 

 Seba, tab. 62./. 4. 5. {optime) 9. 12. 14. 15. 27. tab. 63./. 6. Mart. 



3. ^a6. 83./. 836, 837. Gmlt. tab.32.f.F. Knorr 3. tab. 11. 



f. \-6. tab. 29. f. 8. 

 Strombus Gallus, (/3) Gmelin, 35 11. 1 1. S. Raninus, Gmelin, 351 1. 10. 



It will appear extraordinary, that this very common shell 

 should have been miknown to Linnaeus ; and still more, that 

 no other systematic writer should have noticed it, excepting 

 Gmelin, by whom it is placed as a variety o(S. gallus, although 

 his S. i'aninus is obviously made from a bad figure in Knorr 

 of this same shell. On referring to Mr. Dillwyn's account of 

 S. gallus, I find all the references of Gmelin to this shell ex- 

 punged ; and a note at the head of the genus states, that 

 S. ranimis is undeserving of notice ; thus every trace of the 

 shell, in this work, is altogether lost. 



The two lobes at the top of the outer lip form a strong and 

 peculiar distinction of this species : the colour of the mouth 

 is variable ; though usually tinged with pink, it is often 

 reddish, or red blended with yellow, and sometimes nearly 

 white ; within the upper part of the aperture, round the 

 inner lip, are one or two strong plaits, with sulcated grooves 

 on each side ; and near the lobe at the base of the outer lip, 

 the aperture has a few obsolete striee : the nodules on the 

 body whorl are triangular, and the two nearest the lip are, 

 in general, very large : the channel (or base) is short, and 

 turned up in an oblique direction. 



Found, in great abundance, in various parts of the West 

 India seas. 

 PI. 153. 



