THE 



MARBLED CONE. 



Generic Character. 



Animal refembling a Limax or Slug. 

 Shell more or lefs conic or pyramidal. 

 Aperture longitudinal, linear, without teeth, en- 

 tire at the bafe. 

 Pillar fmooth. 



Specific Character, &c. 



PYRAMIDAL BROWN or BLACK CONE, 

 with ovate or trigonal-ovate white fpots. 



LE CORNET des COEURS. 



Knorr. i. t. 7. f. 4. 15. f. 2. 



The BLACK and WHITE MARBLED CONE. 



The fhells of this genus are in general highly dif- 

 tinguifhed by the richnefs and variety of their co- 

 lors, and are conlidered as conftituting the principal 

 beauties of conchyliological cabinets. Many fpe- 

 cies are alfo extremely rare and valuable, as the 

 C. araufiacus, the C. Ammiralis, and its refpedlive 



varieties ; 



