GENUS BUCCINUM. 71 
edge is expanded, marked with brown lines. Columella 
smooth and arcuated. 
Length 3 lines. Width 2 lines. 
Inhabits the coasts of England, and the West India Seas. 
Da Costa says that this little shell is found at Cornwall, where 
it is very common; and Dr. Pulteney maintains, also, that it is 
very abundant upon the coast of Dorsetshire. 
This very small shell had been described and figured in several 
old works, under the name of Buccrnum lineatum. Lamarck, 
not being aware of this circumstance, gave it the name of Buc- 
cinum pediculare, which has been retained by conchologists. 
72. BUCCINUM SULCATUM, Nosis. The Furrowed Buccinum. 
(Collect. Mass.) 
Pl. XIII, fig. 45. 
B. testa parvA, ovato-conicé, luteo-albidA, transversim tenuissimée striata ; 
spira elongatd ; apertura ovata, albidA; labro dextro crassiusculo, intis 
transversim striato ; epidermi rufescente. 
Shell small, ovate, conical, spire elongated, formed of six 
distinct whirls, furnished with numerous, transverse, pretty fine 
strie; these strie are regular and beautiful; there are none 
upon the two upper whirls, which are smooth. Suture ap- 
parent; the stria which borders it, is a little more distant than 
the others, and of an obscure color. Aperture ovate, whitish ; 
right lip thickish, marked internally by transverse strie ; colu- 
mella slightly arcuated, partially covered by a thin brilliant 
plate. Epidermis reddish. ‘The shell is of an uniform yel- 
lowish white color. 
Length 7 lines. Width 33 lines. 
Inhabits 
This shell is very remarkable for the numerous fine striz 
which completely cover it. Its uniform color renders it easily 
distinguishable. 
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