s 68 WORMS. TESTACEA. 75. Volute. 



Inhabits the African ocean and Senegal; refembles the Murex 

 fenticofus, but is fhorter : Jhell about an inch long, with Ion- 

 gitudinal ridges croffing fharp elevated tranfverfe ftrise, white 

 with 2 ferruginous bands on the back : fpire acute : pillar 

 ending in a fhort beak. 



Elegans. Shell fmooth, white, with blue bands and yellow mouth: 

 fpirc nearly obliterated ; pillar 6-toothed. 

 Lister* ta'y. 803,/*. I I. Bonan. Ma/, Kirch. 3./I 269. 

 Martini conch. 2. tab 42, fy. 424, 425. 

 Inhabits 'Shell hardly an inch long. 



O-vum. Shell fmooth, green i(h- white, with numerous bands: lip 

 inflected: pillar with 4 plaits. 

 Kncrr Vergn* 4. tab. 23, f. 5. /. 27, /*. I. 

 Inhabits ££1// 2 J inches long. 



Marginata. Spire obfolete : the fides with thickened margins : pillar 

 with 4 plaits. 

 Born Muf. C&j Vind. test* tab. 9, f. 5,6. 

 Favann. conch, tab. 29, fig. E. 

 Chemn. conch. 10. /#<£, 150, //£. 1 42 1. 



Inhabits ££<?// fmooth, fnowy, rarely reddifh, or yellow 



with 3 darker bands : mouth lanceolate. 



Nucea, Shell fubftriate, glabrous, with an obtufe fmooth prominent 

 fpire: pillar with 5 plaits. 

 Chemn. conch. 10. tab. I 50, fig* 1419, 1420. 

 Inhabits the Indian Ocean. 



Conuu Shell conic, white, with hollow punctured grooves at the 

 bafe: whorls crenate : pillar with 6 plaits. 

 Inhabits > — Chemn. conch* 10. tab. 150, f. 141 5, 1416. 



D. Fufiform. 



Ir'mga. Shell nearly entire, oblong, fmooth, with a prominent ex- 

 coriated fpire: pillar with 3 plaits: lip flightly 

 toothed inwardly. 



Man/. Seneg. I. tab. 9, f. 2J. Cualt. test. f.43, B. 



Schroet. Einl. in conch. 1. tab. I .f 12. 



inhabits the Mediterranean : fell polifatd, hardly an inch long, 

 clouded with pale yellow and white-: pillar with very thin 

 plaits: lip not margined outwardly, but gibbous within in the 

 middle. 



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