558 CATALOGUE—SHELLS. 
or right-handed rope, and those of the two lower carine aré in the 
opposite direction, or like what is termed a hawser-laid rope. 
Between these nodulous caring are elevated lines, and the base is 
very strongly striated. Found in deep water in the Bay of Valpa- 
raiso. Dead shells of this species are occasionally found thrown 
upon the beach, near the Almendral. 
56.—TURRITELLA NODULOSA. 
T. testé elongato-turritd ; anfractibus striatis ; striis duabus maximis 
subnodulosis ; long. 114 ; lat. 7, fere; poll. 
Habitat? Mus. Brit., nost. 
The two large stri@, which are remarkable for the nodules, are 
not far from the middle of each whorl, and generally are nearer 
the upper suture: of these the lowest is the largest, 
“57. MuREX SALEBROSUS. 
M. testd elongato-ovatd, subalbidd, fasciis fuscis, epidermide cinered ; 
spird brevi; anfractibus angulatis, nodulosis ; apertura oblongé 
ad basin angustd, castaned, intus albd ; labro interné denticulato, 
dentibus obtusis albis; columelld rectd, levi; canali brevi; 
long. 3-1, ; lat. 2; poll. 
Habitat? Mus. nost., Geo. Sowerby. 
This species approaches Murex vitulinus very nearly ; the body- 
whorl is very much elongated, and the nodules which mark the 
angles of the whorl are formed of the more elevated parts of what 
may be termed coarse longitudinal plaits. 
58. Murex RuopocHEILus. 
M. testd ventricosd, albd, fasciis elevatis striatis ; septemfariam va- 
ricosd, varicibus roseis denticulatis 3 aperturd rotundatd, rosed, in- 
tus albidd ; labri margine asperrimé denticulato ; caudd mediocri, 
sub-recurvd ; long. 342 ; lat. 27; ; poll. 
Habitat 2? Mus, nost. 
59. TRITON RANELLIFORMIS. 
T. testd ovato-fusiformi, subdepressd, albidd fusco fasciatd, costatd ; 
costis granulosis, interstitis striatis ; aperturd subrotundd, albida ; 
columelld subrugosd ; labro interné obtuse denticulato ; margine 
undulato ; epidermide viridi-fuscd, scabrd; long. 3-3; ; lat. 1% ; 
poll. 
Habitat ad Sinum Peias et oram occidentalem Americe meri- 
dionalis. Mus. Brit., nost., Brod. 
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