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PLATE XI. 



BUCCINUM LAPILLUS. 



MASST, OR PURPLE WHELK E. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Aperture oval, ending in a short canaL 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Ovated, terminates in a sharp point, spirally ridged. Pillar lip broad, 



Buccinum Lapillus: testa ovata acuta striata Isevi, columella pla- 



niuscula.— Lin. Si/st. Nat. p. 1202. No. 467. 

 Cochlea testa crassa ovata utrincrue producta ; spiris quinque spiraliter 

 sulcatis; aperturse labro undulato. Faun. Suec. p. 378. 

 No. 2167. 

 Buccinum minus, albidum, asperum, intra quinas spiras finitum. List 



If. An. Aug. p. 158. tit. 5. tab. 3. fig. 3. 

 Buccinum brevi rostrum supra modum ciassum, ventricosius, labro 

 denticulato : Purpura Anglicana. List. H. Conch, 

 tab. 965. fig. 18. — Et b. brevi rostrum, album den- 

 ticulo unico ad imam columellam. Purpura Angli- 

 cana. Fig. 19. 

 Purple marking Whelke. Borlase Corn. p. 277. tab. 2S.fig. 11. 

 English purple. Smith Cork. p. 318. 

 Horse wrinkles. Smith Waterford. p. 272. 

 Small purple Whelke. Wallis Northumb. p. 401 , 

 Buccinum lapillus, Massy. Penn. Br. Zool. 4. No 89. tab. 72. fig. 89. 

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