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VOLUTA Cithara. 
TAB. DC XXV.— Jig. 1, 2 & 3. 
Spec. Char, Ovate-oblong, ventricose, ribbed ; 
base contracted, furrowed ; ribs distant, with 
two or three small spines on their upper parts ; 
spire short, acuminate, furnished with small 
spines ; whorls rounded above. 
Syn. Voluta Cithara, Lain. Hist. Nat. vii. 348. 
Desk. Enc. Meth. Vers,iY\. 1143 ; Desk. Coq. 
Foss. ii. 682. pi. 90. f. 1 1, 12. Morris, Cat. 
167. 
Voluta harpa, Lam. Ann. du Mus. i. 476, and 
xvii. 74. 
oo perfectly does this agree with some French individuals 
of this species, that there can be no hesitation in referring 
it to the same type : the three rows of small spines upon 
the rounded upper parts of all the whorls hut the last di- 
stinguish it from every other Volute ; on the last whorl one 
row of spines is often nearly obliterated. The English 
specimens have a short spire; in some French ones the 
spire is considerably produced. 
Found at Bracklesham Bay. The figures are from spe- 
cimens in the collections of Mr. Bowerbank and Mr. 
Edwards. 
The localities given by Deshayes are Grignon, Cour- 
tagnon and Parnes. 
