PLATE XXXV. 



MUREX ERINACEUS. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 





Spiral, rough. The aperture ending in a strait and somewhat pro- 

 duced gutter or canaliculation. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell subangular, rugose, or covered entirely with raised scales 

 or points. Spires fix. 



Murex Erinaceus : testa multifarium subfrondoso-spinosa, spirae 

 anfra&ibus retuso coronatis, cauda abbrevi- 

 ata. Linn. Syst. Nat. 526. p. 1216. — 

 Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 3530. 

 Buccinum majus canaliculatum, rostratum, ore labioso, fimbriatum, 

 umblicatum, ore angusto, oblongo, rugosum, costu- 

 latum, sti'iis eminentibus reticulatim exasperatum, 

 albidum. Gualt. 1. Conch. Tab. 49. fig. H. 

 Murex Erinaceus. Urchin. Penn. Br. Zool. No. 95. tab. 76. 

 fig. 95. S'eba. Muf. 3. t. 49. fig. 78, 79.— 

 Martin. Conch. 3. t. 110./. 1026—8. 

 Buccinum longirostrum medium subangulatum, porcis spiralibus dis« 

 tinclum. Porcatum. Da Costa, tab, 8. 

 fig. 1.1. p. 133. 



