PLATE CLXXVII. 



TURBO ALBUS. 



WHITE WREATH SHELL. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal Umax. Shell univalve, spiral, or of a taper form. Aper- 

 ture somewhat compressed, orbicular, entire. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell tapering, glossy, and white. 



Turbo Albus: testa turrita nitida alba. 



Strombiformis parvus albissimus laevis, white. Da Costa Brit* 

 Conch, p. 116. Sp. 68. 



Turbo minimus laevis albus. Milk white smooth whelke. Borlase 

 Cornw. p. 277. 



/Turbo albus. Perm. Brit. ZooL N° 114, tab. 79 ? 



We have never met with this shell on any of the British sea coasts, 

 altnough we are told it is found not very unfrequently on several of 



