PLATE II. 



gloss. The striae are elevated, broad, and cross each other so as to 

 form a deep latticed-work of thick ridges. This species is noted 

 from Cornwall and Guernsey : it is also found in the Mediterranean. 



F I G. II. III. IV. VI. V. 

 TURBO PULLUS. 



PAINTED WHELKE. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



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

 ture rather compressed, orbicular, entire. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Turbo Pullus. Turbo testa imperforata ovata laevi, aperrura antice 



diducta. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 1233. No. 610. 

 Turbo minimus laevis, variegatus, albo rubicundus. Small red and 



white variegated Whelke. Borlase Cornw. p. 277. 



Painted, Turbo pictus. Turbo minimus las vis, albo et rubro perbellc 



pictus, da Costa, p. 103. 59. tab. 8. Jig. 1. 3. 



A minute, but elegant species ; it is a very delicate shell, thin and 

 transparent, smooth and glossy. The varieties are numerous j gene- 



