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Syn, Cerithium hexagonutn. Lamarck Env . dc 
Paris , p. 79. 
Murex hexagonus. Chemnitz Conch . X^. 
261. f. 162. /. 1554. 
1555. 
Murex angulatus. Brander , p. 24. /. 46, 
Although the general form of this is pyramidal with six 
sides the spaces between the angles or rather costse are 
not flat ; the costae are slightly arched, obtuse, with 
about three tubercles on each, corresponding to the 
number of obtuse carinae that cross them, and which have 
three or four tubercles between each costa : the last 
whorl shows seven or eight carinae, and wants the costae 
on its lower part, while they are enlarged on the upper 
part by an equal number of prominent transversely 
flattened tubercles : the whole surface is minutely and 
transversely striated. Brander describes seven angles 
to his Murex angulatus, but I conceive there is no doubt 
of this being the same species, the number of angles 
constituting it only a variety. I have two specimens, 
both with six angles. 
From Hordle or Barton Cliffs, by favour of my kind 
friend, the Rev. Mr. Iremonger; not having the mouth 
quite perfect in the authentic specimen, a dotted line 
is added from a specimen the same in every res- 
pect, except that its ornaments are sharper, and that 
it has so recent an appearance, that I cannot answer for 
its being a fossilized remains, nor do I know where it 
was found, although shells, almost as recent in appear- 
ance, are found at Hordle Cliff. 
Lamarck’s Cerithium hexagonum comes the nearest 
in description to this shell, but is distinguished by the 
flatness of its sides and spinose tubercles. See Env. de 
Paris , p. 79. 
