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2. Chemn. conch, 7 , tab. 49. fig, 497. 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean > ^:nd is fometimes to fmall as not to 

 meafure an inch in ieilgtfl ; fometimes far exceeds all. other 

 teftaceous orodudions, havifit been found of the weight of 

 of 532 pounds, and the hfh or inhabitant fo large as to fur- 

 nifh 120 men with food, ana itrong enough to cut afunder a 

 cable and lop off men's hands: ftielt lucid, white, fomeLim.es 

 rofy varied with yellow, red and white : pofterior aperture 

 ovate, with a tumid crenate circumference ; margin toothed : 

 hiugc armed with a tooth befides the ca]lus, 



Uppopus, Shell plaited, muricate: pofterior Hope retufel clofecfj 

 toothed. 

 Baibui, tab. 6. f 3. Lifter ', conch, tab. 349, 3^0. 

 Rumpf. Muf. t. 42. C. Arg. conck. t» 23. H. 

 Boncm. recr. 2 . /. 81. 82, Muf. Kirch. 2. f. 80, 8j. 

 Peti-v. Arab. aq. tab. 18. f. 15. 

 Gualt. tell. tab. 93. A. l*ejfer tcft. fig f 1 24. 

 Regenf. conch. 1. tab. 10. f. 49. 



Knorr Vergn. I . tab. 22, j' 1,2, and 6* tab, 9. y.3. 

 jEM* jlii/. CV?/. fe#: teft. p, 79. <i%// : . 

 Chemn. conch, 7. ta£. 50. _/. 40,8, 499. 

 Inhabits the India Ocean: 5 inche? long and 7 broad. 

 Shell white varied with red and purple Tpots, fometimes yellow? 

 ifh ; yentricofe: hinge with yellow callolities, in one valve 2, 



4ntiqiiata, Shell fomewhat heart-ftiaped, with longitudinal grooves, 

 and tranfverfe (iris?.. 

 Adanf. Sen, 1. tab. 16. f, 2. 

 Bonan. rea\ 2. f. 98, ' M#£ /&><-£. z.f.6. 

 Valent.abh. tab. 16* /. 30. Gualt. teft. t. 71, I, L. 

 Knorr Ver.gn. 2, tab, 10. f. 3. and ^. 14,/*. 2, 

 Chemn conch. 7. /#£. 48.^.488 -491, 

 Inhabits American^ Atlantic and Indian feas, 

 £M7 inequilateral, with brown or ferruginous (pots ; ribs 19-— 

 22, tranfverfely ftriate : maigin toothed: beaks inflected 

 bsck : anterior margin with a deep clofed fent. 



Trapezia. Shell trapeziform, gibbous, with longitudinal crenulate 

 grooves. 



Scbrcct. EinU tn conch, 3. tab. 8, fig. 17. 



Inhabits Norway fea s ; fmall, about the lize of a pea; white 

 mixed with brown towards the margin, gibbous with a crenate 

 margin : ftrias about 20, with unequal obtufe knots : beaks a 

 little recurved : pofterior ilope ovate, heart-fhapea ; anterior 

 {lope oblong, flat and crenate on the outride. 



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