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crowned 3 the firft with 3 rows of pundftures 3 3^ inches 
long. 
cufpidatum 193. B. fubulate, fpotted 3 whirls convex, fubre- 
mote. 
194. B. fubulate, fmooth, cinereous, with obfolete 
bands 3 whirls undivided and longitudinally ftriated at 
the future 3 whirls 143 2 inches long. 
195. B. greenifh yellow', with 2 red bands 3 whirls 
of the fpire flattifh 3 aperture large, oval. Rivers of 
Virginia. 
196. B. whirls of the fpire bifid 3 lower one fub- 
ftriated, upper one filiform ; fubulate, gloffy. 
cine ream. 
virgineum. 
proxttna- 
tum. 
monilc. 
cingulatu) 
geminum. 
obtufulum, 
S3 
Strombus. 
197. B. whirls of the fpire bind 3 upper one groov- 
ed 3 knver one moniliform, fubulate 3 yellowilh white. 
1 198. B. with 3 elevated belts grooved above and 
beneath ; fize of a cherry. Iceland. 
199. B. whirls of the fpire bifid 3 the lower one 
fubftriated, upper one more protuberant ; white 3 fubu- 
late. 
* 200. B. white, gloffy, femipellucid 3 5 whirls in 
the fpire 3 aperture oval. Faverlham, England. 
Gen. 25. Strombus. 
Gen. Char . — The animal a limax 3 the fhell univalve, 
fpiral 3 aperture much dilated 3 the lip expanding, 
and produced into a groove leaning to the left (_c). 
Species. 
A. The Up projecting into linear divijions cr claws. 
1. S. tapering, fmooth, with a fubulate beak and 
toothed lip. Red fea. 
* 2. S. Cormorant's Foot ; lip with four palmated angu- 
lar claws 3 mouth fmooth ; whirls tuberculated 3 2 
inches long. European and American feas, fhores of 
Britain. 
chiragra. 3- S. lip with 6 curved claws, and recurved beak 3 
lip ftriated 3 two bind claws divergent and bent 
outwards 3 beak tuberculated. Indian ocean. Rare 
fhell. 
4. S. lip with 4 knotty claw's 3 hinder one very long 5 
4 inches long. 
5. S. lip rvilh feven flraightifh claws ; mouth fmooth. 
Afia. A large fnell. 
6. S, lip with 10 inflected claws ; mouth fubftri- 
ated 3 back compreffed 3 gibbous. Afia. Rare. 
7. S. tapering, fmooth, with a fubulate beak, and 
fimple lip. 
B, Loled. 
fufus. 
pes-pelica- 
fc or pins, 
lambis. 
millepeda. 
c/avus. 
- 8. S. lip thickened and 3-lobed on the fore-part 3 
back warty, and crowned -with tubercles 3 beak ob- 
tufe 3 3 4 - inches long. Afia, America. 
fafciatus. 9. S. lip entire 3 back crowned with 3 rows of pro- 
tuberances, and rofy between them. Africa. 
raninus. 10. S. lip thin, rugged, repand above 3 back orange, 
tranfverfely ftriated, and crowned with tubercles ; a- 
perture white, polifhed. 
gallus, 11. S. lip mucronate on the fore-part, and very 
lentigino- 
fus. 
O L O G Y. 
long 3 back crowned with tubercles ; beak ftraight 3 
6 inches long. Afia and America, 
12. S. lip projecting into a fharp point: back ouris-dia* 
muricated 3 beak ereft arid acute 3 3 inches long. nee. 
Afia. 
13. S. anterior lip prominent, rounded, fmooth \pugihs. 
fpire fpinous } beak 3-lobed, obtufe. South Ameri- 
ca. 
14. S. anterior lip rounded, prominent, fmooth 3 fpire alatus. 
unarmed 3 beak 3-lobed, obtufe. 
1 5. S. lip a little prominent 3 beak entire 3 back margins » 
margined, fmooth. tus. 
16. S. lip a little prominent 3 back fmooth 3 whirls lulnmnus* 
rounded, equal 3 inches long. Afia. 
17. S. lip a little prominent 3 beak fmooth 3 whirls gibberulus. 
gibbous, unequal, i-ffia. 
18. S. obovate, with knotty belts, and a fubulate, onifeus, 
fmooth projection 3 an inch long. South America. 
C. Dilated. 
19. S. lip rounded, entire on the fore-part 3 belly lucfer. 
doubly ftriated 3 fpire crowned ■with tubercles 3 upper 
ones minute. South America. 
20. S. lip rounded, and very large 3 fhell crowned 3 gigas. 
belly and fpire with conic expanded fpines 3 gloffy 
white 5 within, a rich rofe colour 3 10 inches long. 
South America. 
21. S. lip rounded, very large : belly unarmed 3 latijjimus. 
fpire a little knotty 3 14 inches long. Afia. 
22. S. lip rounded, fhort 3 belly fmooth 3 fpire a lit- epidromis. 
tie knotty 3 3-i- inches long. Southern Afia. 
2.3. S. lip retufe, gibbous 3 belly and fpire with minimus. 
knotty plaits 5 aperture 2-lipped, fmooth 3 l-J inch 
long. India. 
24. S. fomewhat heart-fhaped 3 with a round, fhort ,canarium, 
retufe, fmooth lip 3 pillar fmooth 3 2 ? inches long. 
Afia. 
25. S. lip rounded, fhort 3 belly fmooth 3 fpire e- uittalus. 
longated 3 whirls divided by an elevated future 3 4 
inches long. 
26. S. lip rounded, retufe 3 belly fmooth, with 4 fuccin&us, 
pale, linear, punctured belts. Afia. 
27. S. lip tapering, eatire, fiightly plaited, an AJpinofus. 
crowned with fine fpines 3 fpire prickly. Hitherto 
found in a fofiil ftate only. 
28. S. lip continued into a longitudinal cleft xl&gz.jiffiirellc:, 
India. Frequently found foffil in Campania, 
29. S. lip tapering, retufe, fhort, ftriated 3 belly itreeus, 
and fpire with knotty plaits 3 aperture 2-lipped, unarm- 
ed 3 2-§- inches long. Indian ocean. 
30. S. thin, white, with orange fpots and clouds ytridenta* 
back fmooth, plaited 3 whirls grooved 3 lip 3-toothed 3 tus. 
beak violet. Indian ocean. 
31. S. lip tapering, fhort-toothed 3 belly and i-piv&dentatus. 
plaited 3 i^-inch long. 
3 2. S. very thick 3 firft whirl crowned with tuber- cojlatus. 
cles 3 interftices of the tubercles plaited 3 the next 
whirl tranfverfely ribbed 3 the reft tranfverfely ftriated 3 
6 inches long. 
33 - S. 
(c) It ought to be obferved, that thefe fhells, in their young ftate, want the lip, and then have a thin tur- 
binated appearance 3 from which circumftance they have been fometimes referred to a different genus. 
