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The Hiftory of ANIMALS. 
Turbo fafciis fpiralibus latis, oreparvo. 
!The Turbo , ^/V/5 broad , fpiral fafcice , and a Jmall IT&b&tltS, 
mouth . 
This is about two inches and a half long, and a little more than a third of an inch 
in diameter at the larger end, whence it gradually decreafes till it terminates in a point: 
the volutions are about ten in number, and are fomewhat rounded, but not greatly 
fo; the lines which divide them are very fmall; the mouth is of a figure approach¬ 
ing to oval, but fomewhat irregular, and is fmall, in proportion to the bignefs'of the 
fihell; there run all the way round the volutions a number of broad fafcire or belts, from 
five or fix to two in number j thefe follow the whole courfe of the fhell, and ftand 
but at fmall difiances from one another j they are of a dart er colour than the reft of 
the fhell, and are Very even and determinate at their edges. 
It is frequent on the fhores of the American iflands. 
Turbo muricata ore angujlo obliquo . 
The muricated Turbo , with a narrow, oblique mouth . 
This is two inches long, and a third of an inch in diameter at the bafe; it is form¬ 
ed into about fourteen volutions, they are flattifh, or fomewhat hollowed inward, to¬ 
ward the bafe $ their outer edge is more prominent, and is all the way armed with a 
feries of very robuft and large fpines, with fomewhat obtufe extremities: the mouth 
feems a detached part from the body of the fhell, and is conneded by a kind of neck $ 
it is of a very fingular figure, oblong, oblique, and narrow. 
It is not uncommon on the coafts of Italy. 
Turbo ore oblongo labiato , fpiris ad marginem crmulatis. 
The oblong-mouthed Turbo , with the fpires cre?udated at the edges . 
This is about two inches long, and a third of an inch thick at the bafe: the 
mouth is fmall, of an oblong figure, wideft in the middle, and furnifhed with a broad 
lip : the fhell confifts of about fifteen volutions; the firfi of them is fomewhat ventri- 
cofe, the reft are flat, and they are all crenulated at the edge : the colour of the fhell 
is a faint brown, with fome variegations of tawny and reddifh, and with fome regu¬ 
lar feries of little black dots: the crenulated edges alfo are paler than any other part, 
and make a variegation. 
It is not uncommon on the American fhores, and has been found in fome parts of 
Europe. 
Turbo crajftor fpiris ad. marginem prof unde crenatis aurita . 
The thick, aurited Turbo , with the volutiotts deeply crenated at the edge . 
This is three inches in length, and in the largeft part is not lefs than an inch 
in diameter: it confifts of about eleven volutions, which are all, except the firfi, fiat, 
and have their edges very deeply and very elegantly crenated : the whole furface of 
the fhell is fmooth ; the colour is a pale whitifh, variegated with irregular fpots of a 
darker hue, and the extremities of the/pires, where the denticulations are paler than 
any other part, and fometimes are quite white : the mouth is oblong and narrow, and 
is remarkably aurited. 
It is a native of the Eaft Indies; we have alfo had it from the fhores of Carolina. 
The other fpecies of the Turbo are, i. The very flender Turbo, with a long, 
narrow mouth, and a rugofe columella. 2. The elegant, flender Turbo, with a large 
lip, and with blue variegations. 3. The flender Turbo, with longitudinal ftreaks of 
yellow, called the Owl-fhell. 4. The thicker Turbo, with variegations in the form of 
punctated circles. 5. The very flender Turbo, with a great variety of dark fpots, 
and dark lines. 6. The flender, whitifh Turbo, with a great variety of lines and 
fpots of a tawny yellow. 7. The white, larger, reticulated, and granulated Turbo. 
8. The variegated, flender Turbo. 9. The flender Turbo, with a dentated mouth, 
and rugofe columella. 10. The contabulated and elegantly fafciated Turbo. 11. The 
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