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^ Hifory of ANIMALS. 
Turbo gracilior fpiris ventricofs ore parvo rotundo. 
T*hefender Turbo , w/VA- ventricofe fpires , ^ y^#// 
round mouth. 
. This « a ver y elegantly formed (hell} it’s length is five or fix inches j it’s diameter 
in the thickeft part, not much more than half an inch3 it is largefl at the extremity 
where the mouth is, and hence becomes gradually fmaller to the other, where it ter¬ 
minates in a point 3 it confifts of about fifteen fpiral volutions, and they are all bellied 
or inflated, as it were, their middle rifing very high, and the divifions between them 
deep and narrow : the mouth is fmall, and is nearly round ; it is quite Ample, having 
only a thin duplicature, with a kind of notch in the place of the ear in the other ; the 
furface of the whole fhell is perfectly fmooth, there is not fo much as a line marked 
any where on it 3 it’s ground colour is white, and it is variegated with yellow. 
Turbo gracilior fpiris ventricofs ore ovato . 
The fender Turbo, with ventricofefpires , and an oval mouth. 
This is a fmall fpecies 3 it’s length is about two inches 3 it’s diameter, in the thickeft 
part, hardly fo much as a third of an inch : it conflfts of about fourteen volutions, of 
which the lowefl is much the largefl, and the reft decreafe gradually to the extream 
one, which is very fmall and pointed j they are all rounded or prominent on the fur- 
face, and the furrows are deep that feparate them : the mouth is moderately large and 
oval, and is edged but with a thin lip. 
It is very common on the fhores of the American iflands. 
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"Turbo fpiris ventricofs, cofis plurimis elevatis. 
The ventricofe-fpired Turbo, with numerous, elevated.ribs. 
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This grows to an inch and a half in length, and it’s largefl volution is more than a 
third of an inch in diameter 5 this, which is the lowefl, is much bigger than the fuc- 
ceeding one 5 the others are gradually fmaller to the top, where it terminates in a 
point : there are about feven of thefe volutions 3 they are all rounded or bellied, and 
are beautifully ribbed, each of them having a number of ftraight, perpendicular, and 
very elevated ribs running down it at fmall diftances : the whole fhell is white, as are 
alfo thofe ribs; the mouth is round, moderately large, and furnifhed with a thick lip. 
It is very frequent on the fhores of Barbadoes. 
Turbo conicafpiris planis numerofffmis friatis. 
The conic Turbo 3 with plane , friated\ and very 
numerous fpires . 
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This is the moft regularly conic, in it’s figure, of all the fhells of this genus: it’s 
length is about four inches, it’s diameter at the bafe is an inch and a quarter, and from 
thence it gradually becomes fmaller to the fummit, where it is terminated by a fine 
point: the volutions are broad toward the bafe, but they become afterwards very nar¬ 
row, and are very numerous, but indiftind : the volutions are all flat, and are fpirally 
flriated 5 the colour is a plain brown, deepeft in the thickeft part, and almoft white 
at the point: the mouth is very oddly formed, it is flat and not large, and the lip 
runs each way to fome diftance beyond it, in the form of a ridge. 
It is found in the Eaft Indies, and in America: fome parts of Europe alfo have af¬ 
forded fair fpecimens of it. 
Turbo graciliorfpiris fpiraliter friatis. 
The fender Turbo, with fpiral lines on the volutions . 
This is four or five inches long, and fcarce half an inch thick in the firft volution, 
from this it gradually becomes fmaller to the extremity, where it terminates in a point: 
the volutions are all rounded, and the lines between them fomewhat deep 3 they are very 
beautifully 
