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red ; whirls with numerous spiral striae, which are 

 alternately larger, crossed by smaller striae. 



Length four inches and one- tenth. 



Greatest breadth two inches and one-fifth nearly. 



Inhabits the coast of Georgia and East Florida. 



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This species has been hitherto confounded with 

 P. ficus, to which indeed it is closely allied, but dif- 

 fers in having the beak proportionably longer, and in 

 being but slightly spotted. 



It is also an inhabitant of the West Indies. 



TURBO, Lin. Montf. 

 Species. 



1. T. *irroratus. Shell thick, greenish or pale 

 cinereous, with numerous revolving, elevated, obtuse, 

 equal lines, which are spotted with abbreviated 

 brownish lines ; suture not indented ; spire acute ; 

 labium incrassated, yellowish-brown ; labrum within 

 white and thick, at the edge thin, and lineated with 

 dark brownish ; throat white ; columella with an in- 

 dentation ; operculum coriaceous. 



Length four-fifths of an inch. 



Inhabits the coast of the United States. 



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This has the general appearance of T. littoreus, 

 but is sufficiently distinct by the above characters : 

 the calcareous deposit on the labium is copious. 



