DENTICULATED FUSEE. 
SeBA has figured this fine shell, iru his 
Thesaurus Naturss ; and it is, also, in the 
celebrated Planches Enluminees, under the 
appellation of the Fuseau a Dents ; whichi 
we have translated, Denticulated Fusee. 
The Fusees are a genus of Univalves, in 
the division of Spiral Shells, and of the Buc- 
cina family. They are of near affinity to 
the Needles: but are distinguished by having 
the first whirl much larger than the rest> 
after which they take the Needle form; as 
weir as by having, generally, a long and nar- 
row mouth, ending in a short beak. The 
Denticulated Fusee, however, has a beak 
remarkably long. 
This shell is of a rich yellowish brown co« 
lour ; with the aperture, or mouth, which is 
prodigiously extended, and reaches to the third 
spire, of a lustrous white. The denticulation 
on the broad edge evidently gives this shell it's 
peculiar name of distin6lion» As the form 
compleatly 
