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beautifully ftriated all the way, with deep, continuous furrows following the turn of the 
fhell: the mouth is fmall, and irregularly oval j the lip thin 5 the colour is yellow, but 
it is fometimes very pale, and in (hells that have lain long on the fhore, after the 
death of the animal, it is often white. 
It is found in great abundance on the fhores of Barbadoes, and other of the Ame¬ 
rican iflands $ very beautiful ones have alfo come from the Eaft Indies. 
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Turbo fpiris angujiis prominentibus diftantibus . 
The Turbo^ with diflant and prominent fpires. 
This is a confiderably large and very fingular fpecies 5 it’s length is about five inches, 
and it’s thicknefs, in the largeft part, or lowed: fpire or volution, about three quarters 
of an inch ; from this it gradually diminifhes to the other extremity, where it termi¬ 
nates in a point: the volutions are about feventeen, and are of a very fingular kind j 
they are very high, extreamly narrow at the furface, and have very deep fur¬ 
rows between them: it’s mouth is irregularly rounded, and the lip not large, but a 
little aurited; it’s colour is whitifh, but with fome tinge of yellow and of red. 
It is a native of the Eaft and Weft Indies 5 the fineft are from China. 
Turbo fpiris anguftis plants bullatis . 
The Turbo , with narrow flatted' and bullated fpires . 
This is an extreamly elegant fpecies; it’s length is about four inches; it’s diameter, 
in the largeft part, about half an inch ; from this, it gradually tapers to a fine point: it 
is compofed of about fourteen fpires, but the extream ones are very indiftincfb j they 
are all flatted and undulated in a very elegant manner 5 but what is moft fingular of 
all in it is, that there runs a feries of bullated dots, or protuberances, obtufe and 
low, and of a paler colour than the reft of the fhell, along the edge of each fpire: 
the mouth is large, of a very irregular form, and projects from the reft of the (hell 5 
the colour of the whole is a duiky brown. 
It is an oriental fhell, and has not yet been met with elfewhere. 
Turbo verrucofa ore lato deprejfo . 
The verrucofe Turbo , with a broad , deprefled mouth . 
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This is about two inches and a half long, and near three quarters of an inch in 
diameter in the largeft volution; it confifts of about twelve of thefe, and terminates 
in a point: the feveral volutions, particularly the larger, are irregularly befet with ob¬ 
tufe, and not very tall, protuberances: the mouth feems a detached part from the reft 
of the fhell, connected to it by a kind of neck: it is broad and deprefled, and the 
lower lip is a little turned back, and both extremities are aurited : it is elegantly co¬ 
loured j the ground is pale, and there are a great many variegations of a darker co¬ 
lour in it, difpofed very beautifully 5 the protuberances are bluifh, and give a very 
happy variation to the reft. 
It is a Chinefe fhell. 
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Turbo ore longo hiante . 
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The Turbo, with a long , gaping mouth . 
This is three inches long, and of the thicknefs of one’s little finger 5 it is extreamly 
fingular in it’s ftrudlure, fcarce at all refembling any of the other fpecies of it’s genus; 
it is, indeed, largeft at the end where the mouth is, and thence becomes gradually 
fmaller to the other extremity ; but then it confifts only of three volutions, of which 
the firft conftitutes almoft the whole fhell: the mouth is near two inches long, and is 
narrow at the lower part, but very gaping toward the extremity of the (hell, and the 
lip is alated : it is of a pale brownilh colour, very beautifully variegated with a deeper 
brown, and with a reddifh tawny ; and it’s furface is perfectly fmooth, except that at 
the rim of the fecond volution there are a few tubercles. 
It is an Eaft Indian (hell 5 fome have been faid to be brought from the American 
fliores, but, I am afraid, on no very good foundation. 
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