CONCHOLOGY. 



PLATE CLXXII. 



CONUS TESSELATUS 

 MOSAIC PAVEMENT CONE 



Univalve. 



generic character. 



Shell convolute, turbinate ; aperture effuse, longitudinal, linear, 

 without teeth ; entire at the base ; pillar smooth. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 AND 

 SYNONYMS. 



Shell turbinate, white, with quadrangular scarlet spots, disposed 

 in series ; base sulcate, violaceous : spire piano-obtuse and pointed. 



Con US TESSELATUS : testa turbinata, alba ; maculis coccineis 

 quadrangulis seriatis ; basi sulcata, violacea, 

 spira plano-obtusa, acuminata. Lamarck An, 

 sans Vert. T. 7. 464. 48. 



