132 Of Shells. Part L 
The WHIRLE-SNAIL. Turbocochlea. The rounds of this 
fort wind from the Mouth to the right Hand, and that very 
obliquely, in number fix, fpeckled with Chejinut fpots in 
Rows. The Mouth very long, and one Lip ridged. 'Tis 
O) Lib. de thin like a common Snail-jhell. Colunma (a) defcribes and 
tS. & figures one pretty like 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 
Stride. Colianna defcribes and figures one like this with the 
(b) Lib. de Title of Turbo Ten e •fir is non defer iptus. Mr. Lyfter (b) calls 
it Buccinum ]>uUum$ and very aptly compares it, both as to 
fhape and bignefs , to an Oat. He faith it is found in 
E?igland in the Cracks of old Trees, and in Garden-walls. 
The BELLY'D-LONG WHIRLE , with fmall fpiral 
Furrows. 
Another BELLY'D-LONG WHIRLE, with little knobs 
in fpiral Orders. 
The LEVEL- WHIRLE, or the SPIRE. Turbo planus 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 fwelling rounds. 
Here are two forts of thefe 3 one with oblique, the other 
with fpiral fmall Furrows. This fhell is defenbed by 
The SMOOTH SPIRE, with flat rounds. Here are alfo 
two forts of thefe 3 the one furrow'd,the other not,defcribed 
and figured by Colunma under the title of Buccinum Terficum 
ebumeum nitidum maadofum. Of all thefe here are feveral 
fmall Ones. % 
The Natives of Brafile make a fort of Mufical Inftru- 
(d) Job. de ments with thefe kind of (hells, (d) 
Laet * The LOOSE WHIRLE. fenicillus. The one half of it 
windeth loofely like a Worme 3 the other is a fmall long 
Turban. 
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