132 Of Shells. Part I. 
The WHIRLE-SN AIL. Turbocochlea. The rounds of this 
fort wind from the Mouth to the right Hand* and that very 
obliquely, in number fix, fpeckled with Cheftnut fpots in 
Rows. The Mouth very long, and one Lip ridged. 'Tis 
(a) Lib. de thin like a common Snail-jhell. Columna (a) defcribes and 
Terrcft. & %' ures one P rett y this by the Name of Turbo alter 
minor. 
The SMALL WHIRL-SNAIL, with numerous rounds, 
and alfo winding from the Mouth toward the right Hand. 
There are about fifty of them in a Bottle. They are of a 
brown colour 3 and thin as the fhell of the common Snail. 
Their Mouth almoft round. The right Lip hath a little 
Angle. It hath nine rounds with very fmall tranfvers 
Stri^. Columna defcribes and figures one like this with the 
(b) Lib. de Title of Turbo Terreftm non defcriptus. Mr. Lyfter (b) calls 
it Buccinum pullum, and very aptly compares it, both as to 
fhape and bignefs , to an Oat. He faith it is found in 
England in the Cracks of old Trees, and in Garden-walls. 
The BELLY'D-LONG WHIRLE , with fmall fpiral 
Furrows. 
Another BELLTD-LONG WHIRLE, with little knobs 
in fpiral Orders. 
The LEVEL- WHIRLE, or the SPIRE. Turbo flanus five 
-vere Conicus. The rounds are all knobed, and the right Lip 
gather d into fmall wrinkles. 
Another KNOBED SPIRE, with the right Lip plain or 
even. Here are feveral little Ones of this fort. 
The SMOOTH SPIRE, with high or (welling rounds. 
Here are two forts of thefe 3 one with oblique, the other 
with fpiral fmall Furrows. This fhell is defcribed by 
(c) Lib. de Eyfler. (c) 
cochi. Mar. ^ SMOOTH SPIRE, with flat rounds. Here are alfo 
two forts of thefe 3 the one furrow'd,the other not,defcribed 
and figured by Columna under the title of Buccinum Perficum 
eburneum nitidum maculofum. Of all thefe here are feveral 
fmall Ones. 
The Natives of Brafile make a fort of Mufical Inftru- 
(d) Joh. de ments with thefe kind of fhells. (d) 
Laet * The LOOSE WHIRLE. Penicillus. The one half of it 
windeth loofely like a Worme 3 the other is a fmall long 
Turban. 
The 
