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more title to the distinction than many individuals 
decidedly unarmed;’’ the margin of the area, as 
is evident in the figure, being wTinkled and not 
muricate. 
Fig. 3. V. edentula. 
Shell subgiobular, lenticular, transversely striate, 
without teeth. 
Lister Conch. Tab. 260. Fig. 96. 
Specimen diaphanous, white, when recent with 
a tinge of red, inside golden, posterior slope ovate, 
very acute at the margin, area straight, beaks 
turned towards the areola. * 
Inhabits the American ocean. 
Fig. 4. V. litterata. 
Shell ovate, subangular before ; transversely and 
longitudinally striate, undulate and rough towards 
the slopes. 
Lister Conch. Tab. 402. Fig. 246. 
Specimen brownish white, with brown angular 
line and characters in rays ; the cavity of the li- 
gament long and rather broad ; beaks extremely 
small. 
Inhabits Europe, and more rarely India. 
