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MOLLUSCOUS ANIMALS. 
of brown spots, last dark brown in front; axis perforated. Mouth small, ovate ; throat yellow, grooved; 
inner lip thin ; pillar with three oblique plaits in front Axis l£ inch. 
Inhab. 
Turbinella castanea. 
Shell ovate, fusiform, solid, red brown, closely spirally striated ; spire nearly as long as the mouth ; 
whorls rounded, slightly plaited, and subnodose behind. Mouth ovate ; throat yellow, grooved ; pillar lip 
yellow, with three moderate njaits in front. Axis If inch. 
Inhab. Pacific Ocean. UW^' VA s^ 
This shell is somewhat like a small variety of the former, but the plaits on the pillar are larger, and the 
throat and lips are differently coloured. 
Turbinella striata. 
Shell ovate, fusiform, solid, dark brown, closely spirally striated ; spire acute, as long as the small 
rounded mouth; whorls rounded, transversely plaited ; throat deeply grooved ; inner lip white ; pillar with 
three rather small close plaits in front. Axis 1 inch. 
Inhab. 
Turbinella cerata. 
Murex ceratus. Gray in Wood, Cat. Sup, t. 5. f. 15. 
Inhab. South Pacific. 
FASCIOLARIA. 
The tentacles close together at the base, with the eyes near their middle. ( F . Tulipa.) 
Fasciolaria salmo. 
Murex salmo. Gray in Wood, Sup. t. 5 . f. 4. 
Fasciolaria granosa. Wood, Zool. Rep. 
Inhab. South Pacific. 
PYRULA. 
The head conical, small (when contracted, placed in the canal), separate from the foot. Tentacles very 
short, close together at the end of the head. Foot folded across when contracted. Operculum long, large, 
horny, annular. ( P . bucephala and P. Rapa). 
Pyrula versicolor. 
Shell obconic, solid, spirally grooved ; bright crimson, varied with short white and black cross lines ; 
spire short, conic, acute ; last whorl acutely keeled, and with a series of compressed nodules behind. Mouth 
reddish yellow; throat striated ; inner lip thick, absorbed behind; pillar concave, acute, deep red in front. 
Axis | inch. 
Inhab. Pacific Ocean. 
Pyrula lineata. Lam. 
Bucc. Bulbus. Wood, Cat. Sup. t. 4 . f. 8. 
Inhab. 
The nucleus is produced, smooth and convex. 
