CONCHOLOGY. 



PLATE IV. 



VOLUTA SCAPHA var NOBILIS, 

 NOBLE CHINESE VOLUTE. 



Univalve. 



generic character. 



Animal a Umax. Shell uniocellar, spiral ; aperture without a 

 beak and sub-effuse : pillar twisted or plaited : generally without 

 lips or perforation. 



^ Ventricose, spire papillary at the tip, or terminating in an 

 obtuse rounded eminence. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 AND 

 SYNONYMS. 



Var Noble Chinese Volute : Shell smooth clouded with zig- 

 zag brown lines, pillar blueish and four plaited : 

 lip subulate. 



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