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BUCCINUM Dalei. 
TAB. CCCCLXXXVI. —fgs. J and 2. 
Spec. Char. Ovate,, smooth, or slightly sulcated, 
thick ; whorls very convex above ; apex of the 
spire obtuse. 
var. (a) ventricose, rarely sulcated. (Jig* 1.) 
var. (/3) elongated, more or less sulcated. (Jig* 2.) 
The rounded form of the upper portions of the whorls 
and obtuse apex are characters that distinguish this Buc- 
cinum at first sight ; the sulci are numerous and close, 
but seldom extend to the last whorl ; generally they are 
only to be discovered near the apex. The beak, from 
which a ridge winds up the columella, is short, rather 
wide, and has a more or less recurved edge ; the shell 
is thick but very rarely, antiquated. 
This very distinct shell was first received from our 
lamented friend Mrs. Cobbold, in 1812; since which time 
the Rev. Mr. Leathes has kindly supplied us with a se- 
ries showing the two varieties : it is named by him 
B. Dalei, to commemorate the labours of Dale, who ap- 
pears to have been almost the first person that took no- 
tice of the Suffolk Crag fossils. 
