Involute.] 
MOLLUSCA. 
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Shell glossy, with seven volutions : the hotly and lower volution of the spire much 
inflated, the remaining volutions smooth, abruptly tapering to an acute apex ; lower 
vohition of the spire and body with eleven strong longitudinal ribs, those of the 
body extending above, a little way beyond the suture of the spire, and below only 
reaching to about the middle of the venter; aperture subrotund ; outer lip thickened 
by a rib beliind ; pillar lip broadly reflected on the columella : shell of a pale fuscous 
brown. Length an eighth and a half of an inch ; breadth not half its length. I 
found this elegant little shell at Port Seaton, Frith of Forth. 
9. Jt. cantata, pi. IX, f. 74. — Pi/ramis costatiis ; First Ed., pi. 50, f. 74 ; Tvrho 
costatuf, Montagu, p. 311, pi. 10, f. 6; Maton and Racket, Linn. Trans., VIII, 
p. 165 ; Tiirho crassus ; Adam’s Micros., pi. 14, f. 20 ; Cingula costata ; Fleming, 
Brit. An., !>. 305. 
Shell strong, white, subpellucid, glossy; with four or five convex volutions, those 
of the spire well defin ed by the line of the suture ; furnished with strong, prominent, 
oblique ribs ; the whole shell very finely striated transversely, most conspicuous be- 
tween the ribs ; apex obtuse ; aperture semiovate ; outer lip much expanded, bor- 
dered by a strong prominent sulcated rim, concentrically striated in the depression; 
a ridge rises at the aperture, and runs transversely backwards, then descends and 
joins to the margin of the lip behind; this ridge is bordered above by aline slender 
gropve where the longitudinal ribs terminate. The aperture, with its sun’ounding 
lips, appears distinctly separated from the body of the shell. Length an eighth 
of an inch ; breadth about a third of its length. Found on the coasts of Sandwich, 
Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Cornwall, and the Firth of Forth. 
10. R. Candida, pi. IX, f. 75 — Pyramis albus- First Ed., pi. 60, f. 75. 
Shell strong, glossy, white ; with five gently tapering slightly raised volutions 
ending in an obtuse, smooth apex ; the whole covered with numerous close-set 
longitudinal nearly straight ribs : body almost double the length of the spire ; ap- 
erture semiovate, slightly contracted above : outer lip a little thickened ; inner lip 
narrow above, but gradually widening as it descends. Length an eighth and an half 
of an inch ; breadth not quite half its length. Found by mo at Belton Sands, near 
Dunbar. 
11. R. lactea, pi. IX, f. 77. — Pyramis nidcns-. First Ed., pi. 50, f. 77. 
Shell strong, white, glossy, consisting of seven taper very slightly raised volutions, 
terminating in a smooth rather obtuse apex ; body and spire of equal length ; the 
whole provided with numerous close-set longitudinal slightly oblique ribs : aperture 
semiovate, oblique, slightly contracted above ; outer lip a little thickened by a rib 
behind ; inner lip narrow above, and expanding as it descends. Length nearly a 
quarter of an inch, breadth about a third its length. Found by me at Dunbar. 
12. R. Bryerea, pi. IX, f. 78— Pyramis Bryereus; First Ed., pi., 50, f. 78; 
Turbo Bryereus ; Montagu, p. 313, pi. 15, f. 8; Maton and Racket, Linn. Trans., 
VIII, p. 172. 
Shell strong, white, glossy, consisting of six or seven slightly rounded volutions, 
well defined by the suture ; provided with about seventeen longitudinal somewhat 
oblique ribs ; which are scarcely interrupted by the line of the suture ; aperture ovate, 
slightly contracted above ; outer lip strong, thickened by a rib behind ; pillar lip thick- 
est below, smooth, and slightly replicate. Length about a quarter of an inch ; breadth 
not quite half its length. Found at Weymouth, Dorsetshire, the coast of Cornwall, 
and not uncommon in the IMth of Forth. 
13. R. Zctlandica, pi. IX, f. 79. — Pyramis Zetlandicus. — First Ed., pi. 50, f. 
79 ; Turbo Zetlandicus ; Montagu, Linn. Trans., Xl, p. 194, pp 13, f. 3 ; C'yclostrena 
Zetlandicd ; Fleming, Bifit. An., p. 312. 
Shell white, somewhat turreted ; with five very tumid volutions, furnished with 
spiral ridges, which are decussated with longitudinal elevated strim, that rise 
into sharp, angular tubercles at the points of decussation ; at the base of the 
shell the spiral elevations are very prominent, and destitute of striae ;'apex obtuse, and 
smooth; aperture semiovate ; outer lip much expanded, its margin ornamented with 
sharp, elevated, triangular tubercles, and with a corresponding zigzag groove in its 
centre; pillar lip narrow, bounded by a prominent rib, which thickens graduallj' as 
it descends ; above this is a flat space, with wide-set longitudinal striae, and this is 
siu’mounted by a transverse rib, which rises from the upper angle of the outer lije. 
Length not quite a quarterof an inch ; breadth two-thirds its length. Found on the 
shoi’es of the Isle of Noss in Zetland, by the Rev. Dr. Fleming. 
14. R. denticidata, pi. IX, f. 80. — Turbo denticulatus. — First Ed., pi. 50, f. 
80 ; Montagu, p. 315 ; Maton and Racket, Linn. Trans., VIII, p. 213. 
Shell conic, subpellucid, white ; with six volutions, terminating in an obtuse, 
smooth ai)ex ; the whole shell provided with nine or ten strong, .somewhat oblique, 
longitudinal ribs, that project at the top of each volution, forming .strong indentations ; 
aperture subovate; outer lip broad, thickened by a rib; pillar lip smooth, broadly 
reflected on the columella, with one or two small tubercles at the base, adjoining the 
ribs. Length not quite a quarter of an inch ; breadth one half its length. Found 
at Weymouth, Devonshii’e, Cornwall, and in the Frith of Forth at Dunbar. 
15. R. cimex, pi. VIII. f. 21-22 — Firftt Ed., pi. 51, f. 21-22; Mouta^i, p. 
315; Donovan, I, pi. 2, f. 1-1; Maton and Racket, Linn. Trans., VIII, p. 163; 
Cingula cimex •, Fleming, Brit. An., p. 305. 
Shell wdiite, thick; with four volutions deeply divided by the .suture ; apex ob- 
tuse ; the whole shell covered with fery coarse, longitudinal and transverse strife ; 
producing deeply punctured interstices ; aperture suboval ; outer lip very thick, cre- 
nated internally, and with its edge strongly scolloped, produced by the strife on its 
back ; pillar Iqj narrow above, and widening as it descends. Length an eighth of an 
inch ; breadth more than half its length. Found at Falmouth, Cornwall; south coast 
of Devonshire ; at Sandwich, Kent ; and Portmarnock, Ireland. 
The extraordinary thickness of this shell, for its size, at once distinguishes it from 
all its congenors. 
16. R. acuta, pi. IX, f. 23-24. — Pyramis labiosus. — First Ed., pi. 50, f, 
23-24. 
Shell strong, very taper ; consisting of six lengthened, slightly raised volutions, 
terminating in an acute apex ; with ten depressed, slightly defined, longitudinal ribs, 
which are lost about the centre of the body, crossed by almost imperceptible trans- 
verse strise, which is most visible between the ribs ; body a little longer than the 
spire; aperture oblique, semiovate, and somewhat straight on the side next the colu- 
mella ; outer lip very broad, flattened, with a slight groove in its centre ; pillar lip 
narrow. Length an eighth and a half of an inch ; breadth a little more than a foirrth 
of its length. Found at Dunbar by General Bingham. In his Cabinet. 
17. R. Adamsii, pi. IX, f. 20. — First Ed., pi. 50, f. 20 ; Turbo Adamsii] Maton and 
Racket, Linn. Trans., VlII, p. 185; Tui ton’s British Fauna, p. 184; Turbo elegans-, 
Adams, Linn. Trans., Ill, pi. 13, f. 31-32. 
“ yhell pellucid ; with six spirally striate volutions, remotely ribbed ; aperture 
oval.” Found on the coast of Pembrokeshire. 
18. R. j)yramidilla, pi. IX, f. 63. — Pyramis pyramidillus. — First Ed., pi. 50, f. 63 ; 
Helix decussata ; ilontagu, p. 399, pi. 15, f. 7. 
Shell white ; with eight or nine slightly raised volutions, tapering to a pointed 
apex ; sutiu-e of the spire narrow ; the whole shell covered with close, longitudinal, 
somewhat oblique strife, crossed by extremely minute spii-al strife, giving it a 
decussated appearance when examined through a strong lens; aperture suboval, 
oblique, contracted both above and below, straightish on the side next the columel- 
la ; outer lij) somewhat expanded, and slightly thickened behind ; pillar lip a little 
replicated, and very narrow. Length three-tenths of an inch ; breadth about a tenth. 
Found at Weymouth, Dorsetshire, and at Dunbar, Frith of Forth. 
19. R. carinatula, pi. IX, f. 57. — Pyramis carinatulus. — First Ed., pi. 50, f. 
67; Turbo carinatulus; Adams on the Microscope, pi. 14, f. 18; Walker, f. 44; 
Montagu, p. 331. 
Shell taper, carinated ; with seven volutions ; aperture contracted, marginated ; 
colour opaque white. Found at Sandwich ; very rare. 
We have never met with this shell, and have copied the figure and brief descrip- 
tion from Walker. 
20. R. semicostata, pi. IX, f. 1-2.— FirstEd., pi. 50, f. 1-2; Turbo semicostatus ; Mon- 
tagir, p. 326, and Sup. p. 129 ; Maton and Racket, Linn. Trans., VIII, p. 162 ; 
Cingula semicostata ; Fleming, Biit. An., p. 307. 
Shell white, short, conic ; consisting of four or five inflated volutions, well-defined 
by the suture, and terminating in an obtuse, smooth apex ; spire about half the 
length of the body ; volutions with twelve or thirteen longitudinal, somewhat ele- 
vated ribs, which reach only to the venter in front, and a little below the middle of 
the back behind ; body with fine nearly obsolete transverse strife, which cross the 
ribs and become very distinct at the termination of the ribs, and continue so to the 
base of the shell : aperture large, suborbicular ; outer lip smooth, and a little ex- 
panded ; pillar- lip slightly reflexed ; columella smooth. Length sixteenth of an 
inch ; breadth one half its length. Found on the south coast of Devonshire, and at 
Dunbar. 
This shell may be mistaken for the Rissoa parva, unless attention is paid to the 
body being only partially ribbed. 
21. R. parra, pi. IX, f. 55-58.— Pyramis parvus. — First Ed., Turbo parvus ; 
Montagu, p. 310 ; Turbo lucteus ; Donovan, III, pi. 90 ; Cingula parva ; Fleming, 
Brit. An., p. 306. 
Shell strong, conic, subpellucid ; wdth four or five somewhat inflated volutions, 
well-defined by the suture, tapering to rather an obtuse apex ; with from twelve to 
thirteen strong, elevated, longitudinal ribs; aperture suborbicular ; outer lip thick- 
ened by a rib ; pillar lip narrow above, and thickening as it descends ; colour vari- 
ous, sometimes glossy white, at others of a dark chestnut, or pale reddish-brown, and 
sometimes it is of a deep-brown with white ribs. Length about an eighth of an 
inch ; breadth more than half its length. Inhabits the sea at Cornwall, the Devon, 
shire and Dorsetshire coasts, the Frith of Forth, and Cork, Dublin Bay, and Carrick- 
fergus Bay, Ireland. 
22. R. semistriata, pi. IX, f. 3. — Pyramis semistrialus. — First Ed., pi. 50, f. 3 ; 
Turbo semistriaUis; Montagu, Sup. p. 136 ; Cingula semistriata; Fleming, Brit. An. 
p. 309. 
Shell smooth, thick, conic, white ; with five moderately rounded volutions, well- 
defined by the suture ; spire more than half the length of the body ; apex a little 
obtuse ; base of the body, from the junction of the outer lip, with fine spiral stria), 
which is also the case with the upper edge, and lower pai-ts of the volutions of the 
spire : this can hardly bo seen without the aid of a lens ; aperture subovate, some- 
what contracted above ; outer lip thin ; inner lip reflected on the columella, thickest 
in the centre ; generally covered with a fuscous epidermis, beneath which are usu- 
ally two series of remote pale, orange-coloured spots. Length an eighth of an inch ; 
breadth half its length. Found on the south Devonshire coast, and at Dunbar, Frith 
of Forth. 
This shell may be easily confounded with R. intcirupta ; but the striae sufficiently 
distinguish it, if examined with a lens. 
