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the mouth is always of a fine, bright, gold-like yellow within ; it is round, and is 
edged all the way about with a narrow lip. 
It is thrown on fhore in great abundance in many parts of America, and is found 
alfo in fome parts of Europe. 
Cochlea fuhulata echinata et laciniata . 
The fubulatedy echinated , and laciniated Cochlea . 
mt ecltfnateo 
This is an extreamly beautiful (hell; it grows to about an inch in height, and to 
nearly two inches in diameter in the largeft part, which is near the mouth: it does not 
run up to a point at the upper extremity, but the clavicle is, as it were, flatted for 
two or three turns j after thefe the fhell lengthens, and extends in diameter till near 
the mouth, where it again grows fomewhat fmaller, and the mouth itfelf is nearly 
round, and is edged with a narrow lip : the whole external furface of this fpecies is, 
as it were, echinated; there arife prominences too large for the name of tubercles all 
over it, following the fpiral turn; fome of thefe are Ample, a third of an inch long, 
and pointed at the extremity ; others are, as it were, complex, or formed of three or 
four of thefe together : thefe laft are flatted and undulated, and are dentated at their 
Extremities: the general colour of the external furface of the fhell is yellowifh, but 
thefe prominences are of an elegant rofe colour, fometimes with a tinge of violet: the 
infide is entirely white, and of a fine, pearly appearance. 
This is brought from the fhores of many parts of the Eaft, and has alfo been met 
with in the American feas. There is indeed no clafs of animals that is fo general, or 
fo much at large, in the place of their habitation, as the fheil-fifh. 
Cochlea elata prof unde fafciata . ^ 
The deeply fafciated\ elate Cochlea . wifOT 
This is a large fpecies: it grows to two inches and a half in height, and to very nearly 
as much in thicknefs: it confifts of four very diftincft, fpiral turns, of which that next 
the mouth is vaftly the largeft; the mouth is very large, and is nearly round, but fome¬ 
what approaching to oval j the upper extremity is obtufe, though very fmall; the 
whole furface is very deeply furrowed in lines, following exa&ly the fpiral turn of the 
fhell; and the prominences between thefe are fo many broad belts of a rounded, not 
ridged, figure at their tops: the colour of the external furface of the whole fhell is a 
mixt brown and grey ; the infide is a bluifh-white, with very much of the pearly ap¬ 
pearance. 
We frequently meet with this fhell ftripped of it’s outer cruft in our cabinets, when 
it has undergone this artificial change; the whole is of a beautiful pearly white, and is 
very beautiful. It is frequent on the coafts of the American jflands, and in fome other 
places. 
Cochlea elata Icevis fafciata. 3Ct}C ftII0Mf) 5 t(b* 
The elate , fmooth, fafciated Cochlea . Ml® 
This is one of the talleft, or longeft, in proportion to it’s breadth, of all the Co¬ 
chleae : it is two inches long and little more than an inch in diameter; it confifts of five 
fpiral turns, and is terminated at the top by a very fharp point: the whole external 
furface is fmooth ; there is not the leaft protuberance, nor fo much as the leaft line or 
furrow on it: it’s colour is a dufky, but not difagreeable, brown, paler in fome places 
than in others, and it is variegated with a number of broad and very beautiful ftreaks 
in the form of ribbands, following the volution of the fhell ; thefe are of a very elegant 
reddifh-brown, and are variegated in fome places with whitifh; between thefe there 
are often other narrow and fainter lines of the fame kind, and the whole is very 
beautiful. 
We have it on the fhores of many parts of Italy. 
Cochlea 
