WORMS. TESTACEA. 78. Murex. 433 



Shell extremely rugged, furrounded with tubular ribs, each rib 

 ending with its mouth on the angle : aperture extremely oval : 

 fpire pointed, with 6 whorls : lip broad and crenate. 



Striatusm Shell with 7 rows of foliations, white with elevated tranf- 

 > verfe brown ftriae. 

 Martini concb. 3. tab. \ 09. fig. IOl6. 

 \ Gualt, test. tab. 30. fig. C ? 



Inhabits India. Spire with 7 whorls. 



Iripterus. Shell elongated, triangular, with membranaceous foliations 

 at the angles. 



Born, Mi/f. C<sf. Vind. teft. tab. 10, fig. 18, 1 9. 



Found -foffile in Campania. Shell fnowy, tranfverfely wrinkled, 

 the wrinkles c-rofTed by longitudinal ilriae : aperture oblong- 

 ovate, granulate : fpire with 7 whorL granulate between the 

 futures. 



Sacellum. Shell umbilicate with muricate ribs, the whorls flattifh 

 above with acute margins: lip crenate : beak ftraight, 

 afcending. 

 Inhabits Nicobar. Chemn, conch* 10. /. 163, f, 1561, 1562. 



Motacilla. Shell triangular, knotty, tranfverfely grooved, with a triple 

 row of tubercles: beak long, tabulate, ftraight: 

 mouth white. 

 Inhabits /#<//£. Chemn. conch. 10. tab, i6$,fig, 1563, 



'htqueter. Shell long, tabulate, triangular, with reticulate ribs and 

 ftraight clofed beak. 



Inhabits Bom Muf Q<zf. Vind. teft. tab. l\ t fig. I, 2. 



Shell white fpotted with red; aperture elliptic, the lip crenate: 

 fpire pyramidal, with 6 whorls. 



C. With thick protuberant rounded 'futures* 



Lyrotus* Shell with protuberances crofTed by fmooth belts: aperture 

 ovate. 



Inhabits Georges Bay. Martyn univ. conch. 2, tab, 43, 



Rana, Shell rough with oppofite impreffed protuberances, and a 



muricate belt or two: aperture commonly toothlefs 

 and ovate. 

 Lifter, tab. 995, fig. 58. tab. 949, Pet. Gaz. t. 100, f, 12, 

 Rumpf. muf iab.%\> G. Gualt. teft. tab, 49, L, 



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