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Modern Name 
Old Name 
English Name 
Locality 
1528-1529 Moltkiana 
moltkiana 
moltkian 
China 
1530 (see notes) 
PLANAXIS 
BUCCINUM 
WHELK 
1531-1532 sulcata 
sulcatum 
grooved 
Tranquebar 
PHASIANELLA 
1533-1538 bulimoides 
Australe 
phesant 
New Zealand 
TURRITELLA 
TURBO 
WREATH SHELL 
1539-1540 duplicates 
duplicatus 
double ribbed 
Mediterranean 
1541-1544 ditto var. 
ditto, var. 
double ribbed 
. Unknown 
1545-1554 terebra 
terebra 
auger screw 
Dublin Bay 
1555-1557 (see notes) 
1558-1559 fuscata 
fuscata 
brown 
Unknown 
1560 Archimedes 
Archimedes 
Archimedes’ screw 
China 
1561 bicingulata 
variegata 
variegated 
Spain 
CERITH1UM 
TROCHUS 
TOP SHELL 
1562-1565 telescopium 
telescopium 
MUREX 
telescope 
ROCK SHELL 
Tranquebar 
1566-1567 ebenium 
ebenius 
deep black 
Friendly Islands 
1568-1569 muricatum 
fuscatus 
prickley 
Senegal 
1570-1572 obeliscus 
obeliscus 
Chinese obelisk 
Guadaloupe 
1573-1575 asperum 
asper 
rough grained 
Isle of France 
1596 lineatum 
lineatus 
lined 
Pacific 
1577-1578 vertagus 
vertagus 
curve-beak 
Amboyna 
1579-1585 fasciatus 
vertagus var. B. 
banded curve-beak 
Coromandel 
