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Shell with a wide Belly, and a large, broad, arrtf 
elongated Mouth, of an oval Figure, with a 
crooked Beak; the fpiral Volutions of this Shell 
differ in Number, being fometimes fix, at others 
ten or twelve, and one Kind has the Volutions re- 
verfed. 
Strombi. Thefe are a Kind of Turbines, the 
Tower of Babel, the Mitre Shell, the Sp ndle, and 
fome others are ranked under this Title •, but they - 
are feldom by the Naturalifts mentioned as a di- 
ftindt Kind. 
Turbines , Screw Shells: This kind has ; along, 
wide, and deprefied Mouth, often approaching to a 
circular Form, fometimes dentated, at others not; 
it grows narrow towards the Bafe, is auriculated, 
and terminates in a very long and fharp Point; but 
the Form of the different Kinds of Turbo differs 
in fome Refpedts. The mofl curious Specimens 
under this Title, and worthy Obfervation, are the 
Needle She ! l, the Screw Shell particularly fo caiic-d, 
the Ribbon Turbo, the narrow ipmed Turbo, and 
others that are variegated with T ubercles, and ftri- 
ated Lines of different Colours ; but what more 
efpeciaily merits Attention among thefe Shells, is 
the Wendel Trap, fo named by the Dutch , who 
find it in their Spice Iflands ; it is often fold for 
fixteen and twenty Guineas, arid fometimes more: 
In England it is called the Royal Stair Cafe. 
. Murices . The Murex is a fificated Shell, befet 
with fmall Spines and Taberc’es, with a rough 
Clavicle, exerted near the Summit in moft Kinds, 
in others deprefied ; the Mouth is long and always 
expanded, fometimes dentated ; in many the Lip 
is digitated, in others elated, folded, or jagged ; 
the Columella is fometimes rough, at others fmooth: 
Under this Title are to be feen the Mufick Shell, 
the 
