82 GENUS BUCCINUM. 
nean, the coasts of Provence, the Isles of Hiéres, and those of 
Sicily. 
This little shell is closely allied to the Buccinum coccinella ; 
nevertheless, it differs from it by the shortening of the whirls, 
and by the more separated and more elevated folds, at their 
upper part. 
84 BUCCINUM GEMMULATUM, Lam. The Pearled Buccinum. 
(Collect. Mass. Lam.) Prtiver, Amb., pl. 64, fig. 7. 
Pl. XXII, fig.84. 
B. testa ovali, ventricosd, longitudinaliter plicato-granosd, striis im- 
pressis transverse decussata, alba, rubro-nebulosd ; suturis excavatis; spirad 
breviuscula ; apertura rotundata ; columella basi granulosa ; labro intus 
sulcato. 
Shell ovate, ventricose, spire pointed, composed of six or 
seven convex whirls; it is ornamented upon its whole surface 
with granular, longitudinal folds, and transverse strie. Suture 
very distinct, formed by a small canal, and bordered with 
closer tubercles, principally upon the lowest whirl, which is 
very much inflated, and composes almost half of the shell. 
Aperture rounded ; right lip arcuated, thin, folded upon the 
edge, ornamented internally with raised strie, which are con- 
tinued within the shell. Left lip expands upon the colu- 
mella, which is truncated towards the top, and extends like a 
raised lip towards the base; it is covered lengthwise by two 
or three slightly marked, oblique folds. The interior of this 
shell is of a diaphanous white, like the surface, which, more- 
over, is covered with reddish clouds. 
Length 1 inch. Width 9 lines. 
Inhabits the Indian Sea. 
The series of pearl-like tubercles which cover this shell, and 
its coloring, of a brilliant white, mingled sometimes with rose 
spots, particularly in young specimens, give it, a most pleasing 
appearance. 
