18 GENUS BUCCINUM. 
points, more or-less elongated, form, on the contrary, trans- 
verse lines. 
18. BUCCINUM LZ VISSIMUM, Gmexu. The Smooth Buccinum. 
(Collect. Mass. Lam.) Lust., t. 978, fig. 35. 
Pl. VIL, fig. 20. 
B. testA ovato-oblongA, levissimé, nitida, luteo-fulva et cerulescente ; an- 
fractibus convexiusculis, conatis; spird breviuscula, obtusiuscula ; apertura 
levi; labro arcuato, inferne repando. 
Shell ovate, oblong, ventricose, smooth, whitish; some 
slightly apparent, transverse-brown bands; epidermis reddish 
brown ; convex longitudinal folds formed by the growth of 
the shell; spire short, obtuse, sutures slightly apparent ; 
aperture smooth, oblong and wide, narrowed at the upper’ 
part, somewhat more dilated at its base, where it is terminated 
by an oblique, wide emargination. The lip is thin, rounded, 
colored internally of a fawn color. Externally, near the base, 
is observed a prominent fold, which is continued winding 
round as far as the inferior third of the columella; this is 
arcuated, and slightly oblique. 
Length 2 inches 3 lines. Width 1 inch 3 lines. 
Inhabits the Indian Ocean, and the Cape of Good Hope. 
According to the able observations of Quoy and Gaimard, the 
animal of this species is blind; and what renders it particularly 
remarkable, is a very large foot, extending from all parts of the 
shell. The operculum is exceedingly small. This mollusk 
possesses the power of absorbing by its foot, by means of pores 
with which this part is provided, a large quantity of water, which 
it throws off again, when it is disturbed, in several directions. 
It lives in deep water, and when it is brought towards the shore, 
its foot still farther enables it to bury itself in the sand. It is 
very voracious: it is generally taken, by placing a piece of flesh, 
as bait, in a net. 
