PLATE XCL 



MUREX COSTATUS 



RIBBED MUREX. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



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

 duced gutter or canaliculation. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Oblong, spires six, tapering, with eight longitudinal ribs. 



Buccinum canaliculatum parvum, anfractibus costis longirudinalibus 

 distinctis. Costatum. Da Costa, Tab. 8. 



fig-*- 



Murex costatus. Ribbed. Penn. Br. ZooL iVo. 100. tab. 79. 



AM. 4. 



This elegant little shell was first discovered by Mr, Pennant, on 

 the coast of Anglesea, and described under the name of Murex Cos- 

 tatus. In retaining this name it will be proper to observe, that 

 Gmehn, in his edition of the Systema Naturae, has another shell 



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