GENUS BUCCINUM. 54 
26. BUCCINUM VITTATUM, Linn., Guet. The Granulated 
Buccinum. 
(Collect. Mass. Lam.) Lisr., pl. 977, fig. 34. 
PI. IX, fig. 26 et 30 var. 
B. testa conico-acuta, subturrita, albido-cornea vel cinereo-cerulescente ; 
anfractibus convexis, striis impressis tenuibus distantibus cinctis superne 
bicingulatis: cingulis plicato-granulosis ; fauce fulvo-fuscescente. 
Shell elongated, conical, slightly turreted, of a bluish or 
ashy white color ; spire very pointed at its summit, composed 
of nine or ten slightly convex whirls, united by a shallow 
suture, and furnished at their upper part with very close small 
folds or granulations; these folds form a girdle, and crown the 
whirls, which are again ornamented throughout their whole 
length with transverse thin ridges, more strongly prominent 
towards the base; there appear, besides, upon the lowest 
whirl, oblique strie of growth pretty apparent, and presenting 
sometimes the appearance of varices ; one or two strie separate 
also the folds from the upper marginal edge. The aperture 
is oblong, slightly narrowed, dilated at its base, where it is 
terminated by a very deep and slightly oblique emargination. 
The interior of the aperture is of a brown fawn color; right 
lip white, thin and sharp; columella white and rounded. 
Length 2 inches 2 lines. Width 8 lines. 
Inhabits the Indian Ocean. 
Lamarck has withdrawn this species from the genus Bucct- 
num of Linneus, in order to unite it to the genus Teresra of 
Bruguiére. This learned naturalist, in determining this shell, 
regarded merely the length of the spire; but it has in many 
respects so much alliance to the Buccina, that many recent 
authors think it should be restored to the genus, where Linneus 
originally placed it. The coloring of this shell is quite varia- 
ble. Some specimens are of a livid yellow, others of a bluish 
violet. Lamarck has also established, as a species, under the 
