WORMS. TESTACEA. 85. Dentalium. 



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\Po!itum» Shell round, (lightly curved, continued, with very crowd- 

 ed annular ftrix. 

 Rumpf. MuJ tab. 41, fig. £. .Gualt. tejl. tab. 10. F. 

 Martini conch. I. tab. t. Jig. $, A. 

 Inhabits Indian and European feas : \\ inch long, 

 She/l poUtttedy finely pointed,* milk-white, rarely rofy with white 

 or green annular ftrijg. 



Eburneun:* Shell round, (lightly curved, continued, with remote rings. 

 Inhabits India: very much refembles D. entalis. 

 Shell white, fmooth, polilhed, with numerous convex annular 

 ftrise. 



*Entalisi Shell round, (lightly curved, continued^ fmooth'. 

 Donovan's Brit. JlieUs, ii. tab. 48. 

 Da Cojla Brit. Conch. 2, tab. IO. 

 Pennant Brit< Zool. iv. tab, 90. fig. 1 52". 

 Borlafe Corn-Mail, p. 2j6 t tab. 28. J. 5. 

 Lister^ tab. $\~].f. 2. tab. \0^b.f. 4. 

 Argenv. conch, tab. 3. K. ta£. 29. J. 2. 

 Bonan recr. and Muf. Kirch. t.J. 9. 

 Gualt. tejl. tab. io» E. Ginan, adr. tab, l.f, 2'. 

 AWr Vergn. 1. tab, 29. J. 4. Martin. 1. /. i./l 1, 2, 

 Inhabits Indian and European mores : i| inch long. 

 <$£;// white, reddim or pale yellowiih, poliihed, with flriae fo 

 very minute as hardly to be vifible without the affiftance of a 

 jilafs. 



Amtinum* Shell round, curved,' continued, fmooth. 



Inhabits Scandinavia. Mull. X00U Dan. prodr. 2 85 3 • 

 Refembles the laft, but is more curved and hardly an eighth pan 

 as large. 



Gomeum* Shell round, (lightly curved, interrupted, opake. 

 Schroet. Einl. in conch. 2. tab. 6. Jig. 16. 

 Inhabits the African Ocean: l| inch long. 

 Shell fmooth, horny, yellowifh-brown, with an obtufe rounded tip; 



Kebulojhn* Shell curved, very fmooth, white, with fulvous clouds and 

 fpots 

 Inhabits Sicily; refembles D» fafciatum, but is more curved, 

 longer and thinner. 



Pellucidum. Shell horny, flexile, ftraightifh, round, fmooth, 

 Schroet. Einl. ir. conch. 2. tab. 6. fig. 17. 

 Inhabits the North Jeas : 2\ inches long. 



Shell horny or pale honey-colour, very narrow and thin, not 

 eiFervefcing with acids, 



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