Class VI. SHELLS. 123 



fpires end in a moll exquifite point. Length 

 about two inches. Extent of the expanfe an inch 

 and a quarter. 

 Tab. Ixxv. fig. 94. 



XXII. Its animal a Slug. MUREX. 



The aperture oval; the beak narrows into a 

 canal or gutter, a little afcending. 



Lin. Syjt. 1206. No. 526. Gualtieri. tab. 49. Jig. H. Erinaceus. 



95.Urchin« 



M. with an angular fhell, furrounded with tu- 

 bular ribs ; each rib ending with its mouth on the 

 angle. Confifts of fix fpires on the whole ; a moll 

 rugged (hell. The aperture exactly oval; the 

 gutter or canal covered. 



Length rear two inches. 



"Tab. lxxvi. fig. 95. 



M. with hvt or fix fpires, the body ventricofe : Carinatus. 

 the fpires Hung into angulated ridges. The aper- ?^ TED *, GU " 

 ture icmi circular. 



Length near four inches. 



From the Portland cabinet. 



Tab. lxxvii. fig % 96. 



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