PLATE VIII. 



This Shell is found on the coasts of Sussex, Dorset, Devonshire, 

 Cornwall, Wales, &c. — It is an elegant species, commonly white, 

 variegated with zig-zag stripes and waves of fine red, as shewn at 

 Fig. 1 . Sometimes, however, they are of a dull yellowish tint, in- 

 stead of white, with the stripes of a dark brown. The Shell is of a 

 rich pearl colour when the outer coat is taken off. 



FIG. II. III. 

 TROCHUS CONULUS. 



CONULE. 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell conic, imperforated at the base. A prominent wreath along 



the spires. 



Trochus Conulus, testa imperforata conica, laevi, anfractibus linea 



elevata interstinctis. Linn. $yst. Nat. p. 1230. No. 598. 



Trochus pyramidalis parvus, ruberrimus, fasciis crebris exasperatus. 



List. II. Conch, tab. 616. fig. 2. 

 T. Conulus. Conule. Penn. Br. Zool. No. 104. tab. SO. fig. 104. 

 Trochus Conulus, Conule. Da Costa, Br. Conch. 21. tab. 2. 



fig. 4. 4. 



Limiseus proposes this as a species, (Conulus) ; but at the same 

 time observes, it may be a small variety of the Trochus Zizyphinus, 



