WORMS. TESTACEA. 63. Spoadylus. 24^ 
63. SPONDYLUS. Animal a Tetiiys: 
hard, folk!, with unequal valves ; one oi 
the valves convex, the other rather flat: 
hinge with 2 recurved teeth feparated by 
a fmall hollo\y: 
Shell nightly eared and fpinous. 
Lijler conch, tab. 206 — 209. Burlut, tab, 5, fig, ^ 
Adanfi. Seneg. i. tab. 14. fig- 6, 7. 
Bcnan. rccr. and MuJ. Kirch. 2. fii^, 20—22. 
Rumpfi. Rlufi. tab- 47. E. tab. 48. I. 
Peti-v. Amh. aij. fab. za, fi. 6. 
Qualt, Icjl. tab. 99, F. tab, lO!, A, B. 
Argenv. conch, tab. 20, B, E. 
Argcnai. Zoom, tab. 12. fi, A. 
Klein ofitr. tab. 8, fi. 23. /. 9, /. 37. 
SehaMufi. 3. t. 88./. i— 11. /. 89,/. 1—7. 
Rcge.tfi. conch, tnJk. 4. fi. 48. 
Knorr Dclic. tab.B, iv. f. 
Knurr Fcrgrt. 1. tcib. J. fi- t t. <^, fi. 
Micrray tefi. tab. z, fi. 14 - 
Bora. Muf. Cafi. Kind. itfi. 76. niign. 
Chemn. conch. 7. tab. 44./. 4S9--462- /. 45 - /• 4 ^ 3 -- 470 ' 
46./. 472. /. 47. f. 474 -- 473 - j - t , • 
Inhabits Mediterranean, Indian and other seas, and js lonna in 
infinite varieties as to fize, thicknefs and colours; foinetimes 
entirely purple, orange, white or bloom-colour, fotnelintes 
marked with various llreaks, fpots, dots or bands. 
Shell without ears and fpinous, 
Argenoille conch, tab. 20, fiig. G. 
Chemn. conch. 7, tab. 46, fiig. A'jt. 
2. Kncrr Vergn. 5. tab, 6, fig, z. 
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‘<'atus. 
3 - Knorr Vergn, 5. tab, 13, fiig. I. 
4. Aroen’ville conch, tab, 20, fig- L ? M ? 
Inhabits India, 3) near Ualta: very rare. 
W/fubglobu!ar, within white, without purplifti, fcarlet, flamc- 
colour, orange or white: Jptnes generally zincheslong, fome- 
times cylindrical, with a crenate margin. 
Shell without ears or fpines, plaited. 
Adanf. Seneg, tab. 14, fieg, 2. 
Lifier conch, tab, zlOffig, 44 * ftib. 1039,/. t. 
Gualt. tefi. tab. 99, E. tab. 104, F? 
Schreet. litterat, 1. tab. t, fig, y. 
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