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BUSYCON.— Bolton. (179 8.) 



FULGUR.— Montf. (1810.) 



B U SYCON CAEICA.-O o n . 

 Plate XXIX. Fig. 1. 



Murex carica, Gmel, Lister's Conch., t. 880. 



Pyrula carica, Adams, Boston Jour. Nat. Hist., Vol. 2, p. 269. 



Pyrula carica, Gould, Invert. Mass. p. 296. 



Fulgur carica, Con., Proceed. Acad. Nat. Sci., Vol. 7, p. 319. 



Busycon carica, Con., Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci., Vol. 8, p. 30. 



B. testa pyriformi, ventricosa, crassa, ponderosa, transverse tenuiter striata; spira non- 

 turrita; sutura non-canaliculata; labro simplici, acuto; labio flexuoso, superne concavo. 



Description. Shell pyriform, ventricose, thick, ponderous, transversely and finely 

 striated ; spire not turrited ; suture not channelled, but having a series of triangular, com- 

 pressed, tubercles above; large ones around the prominent part of body whorl; outer lip 

 simple, sharp ; pillar lip flexuous, concave above. 



Common in a recent state on this Atlantic coast and often attains a great size. 



Plate XXIX. Fig, 1, Natural size. 



Locality. Waccamaw. Museum, College of Charleston. 



B USYCO N P E R V E R S U M . — Cox. 

 Plate XXIX. Fig. 3. 



Buccinum ampullaceis ad sinistram convolutis, Lister, Conch., t. 907, 908. 



Pyrula perversa; Lam., An. sans Vert, Vol. 9, p. 506. 



Pyrula perversa, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 3, fig. 13. 



Busycon perversum, Con., Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci., Vol. 7, p. 31. 



B. testa pyriformi, sinistrali, ventricosa; anfractuum apicibus inclinatis; basalis anfractus 

 parte prominenti coronata, tuberculata; spira non-turrita; sutura non-canaliculata, distincta. 

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