PLATE CLXXIX. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Shell yellowish, banded with ochreous, tip violet: whorls longi- 

 tudinally ribbed, and finely striated transversely. 



Murex elegans : testa ovata flavescente ochreo-fasciata apice 

 violacea anfractibus longitudinaliter costatis trans- 

 versitn minutissime striatis. 



A very beautiful little shell, discovered by Miss Pocock on the- 

 coast of Cornwall. 



F I G. IV. 

 MUREX SEPTEM-ANGULATUS. 



SEVEN-ANGLED. 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Shell oblong, acute, pale, with seven longitudinal angles. 



Murex Septem-Angui atus : testa oblonga acuta pallida longi- 

 tudinaliter septem-angulata. 



This kind rarely occurs on our coasts. The specimens in our 

 possession are from Weymouth. It bears a strong affinity to 

 Murex costatus, plate XCIV. of this work, although it is certainly 

 distinct. Murex costatus is much more linear in the outline, and 

 has the ribs less prominent and acute than our Murex septem- 

 angulatus. 



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