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VOLUTA angusta. 
TAB. DCXXVI — fig. ], 2 & S. 
Spec. Char. Subfusiforrn, elongated, narrow, cos- 
tated, transversely striated ; whorls rather con- 
vex ; the last whorl as long as the spire, tu- 
berculato-costated ; aperture narrow ; striae 
extremely fine and numerous. 
Svn. Voluta angusta, Desk. t. c. ii. 697.pl 94. 
f. 5,6. Morris, Cat. Brit . Foss. 167. 
I find nothing to distinguish this shell from V. muricina 
excepting its greater length ; in fact the specimens figured 
form a complete series from one species into the other. 
Deshayes has anticipated this circumstance ; but as the 
English fossils do not show the plaits on the columella, 
which afford him a distinguishing mark among the French 
ones, I have not ventured to unite the species. They both 
are found rather rarely at Bracklesham Bay. 
The specimens given in the plate, figs. 2, 4 and 6, are 
in Mr. Edwards’s collection, figs. 1 and 3 in that of Mr. 
Bowerbank. Deshayes obtained his V. angusta from 
Retheuil, Guise, Lamothe and Soissons. 
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