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YOLUTA Lambert!* 
TAB* CXXIX. 
Spec. Char. Fuciform, shorty smooth ; base elon- 
gated, obscurely truncated ; columella with 3 
or 4 plaits ; aperture acute above ; outer lip 
sharp, not expanded towards the base. 
Syn, Yoluta of Harwich. Park . Org . Rem. V. 
III. p. 26. t.b.f. 13. 
A Cast. Hist. Lap . Fig.p, 112, t. 33./. 3. 
App to Dale's Hist . of Harwich 9 
pi 10./ 14. p. 289. (See Parft- 
inson) . 
The whole surface is smooth ; the aperture occupies 
about two-thirds of the length of the shell, it is nearly of 
the same form with it, but is acute at the upper part, 
whereas the apex of the shell is subglobose ; the width 
is considerably less than one-third of the length; the 
outer lip has a slight sinus where it approaches the spire 
and is rather expanded in the middle : the base is 
equally elongated with the spire, and so slightly and 
obliquely truncated, as to render the beak but obscurely 
emarginate. The lowest plait of the columella is some- 
times confounded with the base of it, when there remain 
only three plaits. 
I retain this as a Voluta,* although the base is, 
perhaps, scarcely emarginate, and is more taper than 
usual. It is rather curious that about five specimens 
have been found in a recent state, much resembling this, 
which are in the hands of different cognoscenti; Mr. 
* It has some affinity to Murex tulipa, Linn . or Fasciolaria, Lam » 
