PLATE CLXV. 



VOLUTA LsEYlS. 



SMOOTH VOLUTE, 



GENERIC CHARACTER 



Animal a Limax. Shell with one cell, spiral ; aperture without a 

 tail or beak, and somewhat effuse. Columella plaited; generally 

 without lips or umbilicus. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Shell rather ovate, very smooth ; spire obtuse ; two plaits on the 

 pillar lip ; lip gibbous, and slightly denticulated. 



Voluta l^evis : testa obovata laevissima, spira obtusa, columella 

 biplicata, labro gibbo subdenticulato. 



Voluta edentula. Mus. PortL 



As a British species, this extremely rare little shell was first noticed 

 on the coast of Weymouth, being dredged up in deep water by some 

 fishermen, and consigned to the cabinet of the late Dutchess of Portland. 

 The specimens we have figured, are two of those originally in the 

 possession of her Grace. 



