CONCHOLOGY. 

 PLATE CXI. 



CONUS GEOGRAPHICUS 

 GEOGRAPHIC CONE 



Univalve* 



generic character. 



Shell univalve, convolute, turbinate : aperture effuse, longitudi- 

 nal, linear, without teeth, with the base entire : pillar lip smooth, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 AND 

 SYNONYMS. 



Shell oblong, gibbous, crowned : aperture gaping. 



CoNUS Geographicus ; testa-oblonga gibba coronata, apertura 

 dehiscente. Gmd, Si/st. Nat, t, \. p, 6. 

 3396. 65. 



A picturesque species of the Conus tribe, emphatically denomi- 

 nated, in allusion to the map-hke distribution of its markings, Conus 



