282 MUREX. ROCK-SHELL. Class VI. 



striated; length three eighths of an inch; 

 breadth one eighth of an inch; inhabits the 

 sea. 



Found on the Dorsetshire and Devonshire 

 coasts. 



10. sinuo- Lin. Tr. viii. 145. Mont. Test. Br. 264. t. Q. 



sus. 



/• 8. 



* M. with a shell tapering to a point, six volu- 

 tions, and seven raised transversely striated 

 ribs ; tail very short ; the fore part of the lip 

 divided; length three fourths of an inch ; breadth 

 a quarter of an inch ; inhabits the sea. 

 Found at Weymouth by Mr. Bryer. 



11. suban- M. subantiquatus. Lin. Tr. M. antiquus. Mont. Test. Br. 



TIQUATUS. yiii> 14?> 25? . 



subantique. 



M. with eight spires finely striated ; the first 

 very ventricose. Color a dark dirty yellow. 

 Length three inches and a half. 



12. anti- Lin. Syst. 1222. No. 558. M. antiquus. Lin. Tr. viii. 



Q ?. us " Gm. Lin. 3546. 145. 

 antique. 



Faun. Suec. No. 2165. List. M. despectus. Mont. Test. 



Angl. tab. 3. Jig. 1. Br. 256. id. Sup. iii. 



M. with eight spires; the first large, ventri- 

 cose, and produced ; the others more promi- 



