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more title to the distinction than many individuals 

 decidedly " unarmed ;" the margin of the area, as 

 is evident in the figure, being wrinkled and not 

 muricate. 



Fig. 3. V. edentula. 



Shell subglobular, lenticular, transversely striate, 

 without teeth. 



Lister Conch. Tab. 260. Fig. 96. 



Specimen diaphanous, white, when recent with 

 a tinge of red, inside golden, posterior slope ovate, 

 very acute at the margin, area straight, beaks 

 turned towards the areola. 



Inhabits the American ocean. 



Fig. 4. V. litterata. 



Shell ovate, subangular before ; transversely and 

 longitudinally striate, undulate and rough towards 

 the slopes. 



Lister Conch. Tab. 402. Fig. 246. 



Specimen brownish white, with brown angular 

 line and characters in rays ; the cavity of the li- 

 gament long and rather broad ; beaks extremely 

 small. 



Inhabits Europe, and more rarely India. 



