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VOLUTA Wetherellii. 
TAB. DCXII.— Jigs. 1 to 5. 
Spec. Char. Fusiform, elongated, smooth or very finely 
and spirally striated ; plaits on the columella 
about three ; apex obtuse ; volutions elliptical. 
Syn. V. Wetherellii, Sowerby in Phil. Mag. and 
Journ. of Science , 3rd Series, v. 9. 463.' 
A more elongated shell than V. Lamberti, Tab. 129: the 
pullus (figs. 1 and 2) appears to have been about the size 
of a small pea. As the animal grows, elevated strias, which 
are conspicuous on the young shell, cease to be formed, and 
the surface is smooth and even. 
Many specimens have been obtained from the clay du- 
ring the formation of the London extremity of the Bir- 
mingham Railroad, near Camden Town ; it has also been 
found atBayswater, Brentford, and on the Isle ofSheppey, 
but it did not occur at Highgate. Figs. 1, 2 and 4 are 
from specimens in the cabinet of N. T. Wetherell, Esq., 
to whom I have had the pleasure of dedicating it; fig. 5 re- 
presents a specimen preserved by the late H. Woods, Esq., 
while he resided in Camden Town. 
VOLUTA protensa. 
TAB. DCXII. — figs. 6 and 7. 
Spec. Char. Fusiform, elongated, costated, and 
transversely striated ; volutions rather conical. 
The form of the volutions and the costas, which however 
are less conspicuous on the last-formed whorls, distinguish 
this from the V. Wetherellii. 
From the Birmingham Railroad with the last, rare. Mr. 
Wetherell’s museum. 
