CONCHOLOGY. 



Genus— BULIMUS. 

 Species— BULIMUS PHASIANUS. 



Character — Shell univalve, spiral, the spire and body 

 gibbous; the summit mamillary or rounded, having 

 no beak or rostrum ; the cheek joined to the base 

 of the body by an undulated curve, the form of 

 the left side of the mouth arcuated. 



THIS elegant shell, so attractive in its form and colour, 

 is a native of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land, and 

 may be worthily classed with the finest productions of the 

 ocean. In a former number of the Arcana, we have pre- 

 sented our readers with a representation of the Bulimus 

 Zebra, differing from the present one in having a shorter 

 spire, and a more curvated mouth. The Bulimus Phasianus 

 or Pheasant Shell, so called from its marks resembling those 

 of a Pheasant, is generally about five inches long, of a 

 gently undulated shape and its colour of a rich red tint, 

 verging to a brown, the mouth of a pale blue. The whole 

 of the body, cheek, and spire, are variegated with red 

 streaks- and shadows placed above each other, pyramidically, 

 in the most elegant gradation, as if on purpose to catch the 

 eye of the painter, or the admirer of nature. This shell 

 also varies much in the different individuals as to its colour, 

 being sometimes found of a light or dark brown, sometimes 

 olive or very pale, which circumstance perhaps makes them 

 more interesting to the collector, and if well preserved and 

 large, the price they bring is generally very high, from two 

 to three guineas each. The Genus Bulimus has been well 

 elucidated by Brugniere, an eminent French Conchologist, 

 and what is very remarkable, it had been placed with the 



