WORMS. TESTACEA. 78. Murex. 



457 



4. Skraet. Flu/conch, tab. S.fig. II, 12. 

 Bonan recr. and Muf. kirch. fig. 82. 



Inhabits the Southern Ocean Red Sea and Atlantic*. 4 inches long. 

 Shell generally whitifh fprinkled with blueifh or brownifh dots; 

 whorls tran fverfely flriate .* hp rounded : aperture oval. 



Annularis. Whorls furrounded with longitudinally flriate belts, the firfl 

 whorl tranfverfely ftriate: beak afcending. 

 Inhabits Martini conch. 4. tab. 157. fig. i486, 



Plicatulus, Shell ventricofe with a tranfverfely ftriate fpire, the whorls 

 with longitudinally knotty plaits: aperture oval. • 



Martini conch. 4. tab. 157. fig. 1488. 



Inhabits Shell yellowifh with white plaits: fpire with 8 



whorls: pillar with a fingle wrinkle. 



SordiJus. Shell ventricofe tranfverfely flriate and crowned with black 

 knots: lip dilated. 

 Inhabits — ——Martini conch * 4. tab. i$7'ftg« 1490 

 Shell generally blueifli, with a hardly prominent beak : probably 

 a variety of Strombus tubercuiatus. 



Gingulatus. Spire tranfverfely ftriate and grooved, the whorls furrounded 

 with 3 rows of granulations, the firft a little knotty. 

 Inhabits Iranquebar. Martini conch. 4.. tab, l$7»ftg* 1492. 



Fufc 



cus. 



Shell brown rounded : firfl whorl of the fpire gibbous, the 

 following ones varicofe, the lafl with numerous fpines. 



Inhabits Mart: Bert, Mag. 4. tab. 10. fig. C4, 



Lister tab. izo. Klein oflr. t,z.f. 38. 



Fafciatm, Shell tranfverfely ftriate: the fpire crowned. 



Lister tab. izi.fg. 26. Mart. BerU Mag, 4. tab. 10. fig. 55. 

 Z. Lider t. 121,/ 17. Klein ojir.t. 2, f. 39. 

 Martini BerL Magaz. 4. /. lO.f, 56, 

 Inhabits Rivers of Jmetica* 



Fluviatilis. Shell brown : firfl whorls of the fpire crowned with fpines 

 the others with knots: aperture repand. 

 Inhabits— Lijier tab. 122 Jig. zo. 

 Martin, BcrJ.'Magaz. 4, tab. I i.Jig. 58. 



Matus* Shell reticulate : fpire mucronate, the firft whorl grooved 

 and tranfverfely filiate: lip winged. 



-Inhabits- Martini conch. 4. tab. 159./%. 1 503, 1504. 



Spire annulate, with 9 whorls furrounded with a flriate band. 



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