ii6 Of Shells. Part I. 
the reft, hath the Name, Murex, moft properly given it $ 
from the fpiked Inftrument ufed in W ar, fo called. The 
Spikes of this are round. Here are three of thefe Shells, one 
00 Tab. 32. Q £ yfcciy j[ s \ Q f a f 00t i ongi Well figurd by Oleariuz. (a) 
And better by BeJIer. 
The SPIKED-WILK,with doubled or PLAITED Spikes. 
Here are two of this fort, one of them near * a foot long. 
Both the Lips are a little drawn outward, and fo the Mouth 
almoft Oval, both the corners thereof pretty long, the left 
Lip fpread outward, the right wrinkled 5 the main Body 
fomewhat Conical,the Whirle low,confifting of fix Rounds 5 
both ftriated, and armed with plated Spikes {landing in a 
fpiral Order. 
The BOSSED or KNOBED-WILK. In the place of 
fpikes it hath round knobs. Here are five or fix, all lefler 
ones, about the length of a Katharine-Pear 3 fo that 'tis 
probable they grow not much bigger. 
The CONICK SNAIL. Cochlea Cylindrical fo it is 
commonly called by Zoographers, but very improperly, 
the figure hereof being Conical. Here are about fourteen 
of this fort. Whereof fome have a plain, others a knobed 
Turban. Some are all over white, or yellowifh, others are 
ftained white and black, or blackilh-bay, white and brown, 
or white and yellowifh. In fome the colours are laid in 
fpots, in others undulated, and in fome others Lattice- wife. 
Rondeletius faies,That this Shell feldom exceeds the thicknefs 
of the Thumb. Yet one of thefe is above * a foot long, and 
the Bafe above three inches over. The reft are fmall, all of 
them plain Cylinders. Not unelegantly exprefs'd in fome 
variety of figures by Olearius , Tab. 31. and Fig. 3. of 
Tab. 32. 
The Whirle maketh nine or ten Rounds: which hold 
the fame proportion one to another, as in the Long-Mouth' d 
Wilk. In the Kingdom of Congi, and fome other places in 
the Eaft-Indies, thefe Shells go for Money. 
The CONICK SNAIL a little convex, and with the 
Rounds of the Turban alfo convex. 
Another Convex Conick Snail, with the Rounds of the 
Turban Concave. 
The GREAT PERSIAN WILK. Concha Perfica major. 
Of this fort there are four here preferved, of which* two 
are above * a foot long. This 
