GENUS BUCCINUM. 65 
65. BUCCINUM RETICULATUM, Liyy., Guet. The Reticu- 
lated Buccinum. 
(Collect. Mass. Lam.) Liasr., Conch., t. 966, fig. 21, a. 
Pl. XXIII, fig. 91, and pl. XIX, fig. 71, var. 
B. testa ovato-conicd, longitudinaliter plicata, striis:transversis decus- 
sata, subgranulosd, varie colorata; anfractibus convexo-planis; apertura 
rugosa et dentata. 
Shell egg-shaped, elongated, rounded, obtuse at its lower 
extremity, pomted at the upper extremity ; it is moderately 
thick. Spire conical, composed of eight or nine whirls, almost 
flat, or slightly swollen, but distant from each other; their 
surface is deeply chequered by longitudinal folds, crossed 
by numerous strie. Aperture moderate, white and ovate ; 
right lip thick, ornamented within with seven or eight strie, of 
which those of the middle are generally the largest. Colu- 
mella slightly arcuated, covered with a thin, brilliant plate. 
The color of this shell is of a yellowish white, reddish or 
chestnut-color, with a blackish blue band, passing beneath the 
suture. 
Length 15 lines. Width 7 lines. 
Inhabits all the seas of Europe, the Island of Teneriffe, the 
Azores, and the coasts of Madagascar. 
This species, one of the most common of the genus, varies 
much in its coloring, and offers quite a number of varieties, 
either in its form, or in its whitish color, which is sometimes 
uniform, and at others ferruginous. Some specimens are elon- 
gated, others, on the contrary, are of a globular appearance, a 
distinction, which, I suspect, is sexual. ‘The most remarkable 
variety is that upon which the strie are less marked, which gives 
it also a less reticulated appearance, as may be seen in our 
figure 71, pl. 19. 
Buccinum. E 
