Class VI. MUREX. ROCK-SHELL. Q8t 



nent than those of the preceding. Striated and 

 somewhat rugged. The outside white, the in- 

 side glossy and yellow. Length nearly five , 

 inches. 



Inhabits the deep sea. Dredged up in plenty 

 with oysters. Eaten by the poor ; but oftener 

 used for baits for cod and ray. Tab. Ixxxi. 



Lin. Syst. 1244. No. 565. Conch, tah. Q13. Jig. 5. 13. corneus. 



Gm. Lin. 3552. Lin. Tr. viii. 14?. homey. 



List. Angl. tab. iii. Jig. 4. Mont. Test. Br. 258. 



M. with a narrow oblong shell of eight striated 

 spires. Snout much produced. Color pure 

 white, covered with a brown epidermis. Length 

 near three inches. Tab. Ixxix. Jig. 2. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 148. 



* M. with a rough shell, ending in a sharp 

 point ; volutions rounded, ribbed, and striated ; 

 length scarcely half an inch; breadth one 

 eighth of an inch ; inhabits the sea. 

 Falmouth haxbouT ; Saicombe h&.\. 



Mont. Test. Br.26l. f.Q. 



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