364 KEW : SHELLS OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE COAST. 



VELUTINID.E. 



Velutina laevigata (Perm.). Washed up occasionally. 



CERITHIID/E. 



Cerithium reticulatum (DaC). Common (B. S. Dodd). 



BUCCINID.E. 

 Purpura lapillus (L.). Common. 



Var. major Jeff. Occasionally (B. S. Dodd). 

 Buccinum undatum L. Abundant. Large quantities of whelks 

 are brought from Grimsby to Billingsgate Market (British 

 Conchology, iv. 290). Monst. sinistrorsum has been found on 

 the Lincolnshire coast (British Conchology, iv. 287). 



MURICID.E. 



Murex erinaceus L. Rather common. 



Trophon muricatus (Mont.). Occasionally (B. S. Dodd). 



Trophon truncatus (Str.). Occasionally. 



Fusus antiquus (L.). Common ; sometimes living. The 

 monstrosities of this — the ' almond ' or ' red ; whelk — are chiefly 

 from Kent and Lincolnshire (British Conchology, iv. 325). 



Fusus gracilis (DaC). One young shell in good condition 

 (B. S. Dodd). 



NASSID/E. 



Nassa reticulata (L). Common. 

 Nassa incrassata (Str.). Occasionally, 



PLEUROTOMID/E. 



Pleurotoma costata (Don.). Occasionally (B. S. Dodd). 



Pleurotoma nebula (Mont). Occasionally (B. S. Dodd). 



Pleurotoma rufa (Mont.). Mr. Marshall found in dredgings from 

 Lynn Deeps (about forty fathoms), taken by H.M.S. Porcupine 

 when on survey, three ribless specimens of this species much 

 resembling Pleurotoma pyramidalis, a Norwegian and Arctic 

 species. 



Pleurotoma turricula (Mont.). Occasionally. 



Pleurotoma trevelyana Turt. Scarce (B. S. Dodd). 



CYPR^EID.E. 



Cypraea europaea Mont. Mr. Dodd has not, nor have I, found 

 this in very great plenty on the beach ; it appears, however, 

 to be washed up in large numbers on the Grimsby shore. 



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