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(a) Tab. 32. 
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_ Of Shells. Part^L 
the reft, hath the Name, Mur ex, moft properlv given it 3 
from thefpiked Inftrument ufed in War, fo called. The 
Spikes of this are round. Here are three of thefe Shells, one 
of which is ’ of a foot long. Well figur’d by Olearius. ( a) 
And better by Bejler. 
The SPIKED-WILK,with doubled or PLAITED Spikes. 
Here are two of this fort, one of them near I a foot long. 
Both the Lips are a little drawn outward, and fo the Mouth 
almoft Oval, both the corners thereof pretty long, the left 
Lip fpread outward, the right wrinkled 3 the main Body 
fomewhat Conical,the Whirle low,confifting of fix Rounds 5 
both ftriated, and armed with plated Spikes Handing in a 
fpiral Order. 
The BOSSED or KNOBED-WILK. In the place of 
fpikes it hath round knobs. Here are five or fix, all lelTer 
ones, about the length of a Katharine-Pear 5 fo that ’tis 
probable they grow not much bigger. 
The CONICK SNAIL. Cochlea Cylindrical fo it is 
commonly called by Zoographers, but very improperly, 
the figure hereof being Conical. Here are about fourteen 
of this fort. Whereof forne have a plain, others a knobed 
Turban. ‘Some are all over white, or yellowilh, others are 
ftained white and black, or blacki(h-bay, white and brown, 
or white and yellowilh. In forne the colours are laid in 
fpots, in others undulated, and in forne others Lattice-wife. 
Condole tins faies,That this Shell feldom exceeds the thicknefs 
of the Thumb. Yet one of thefe is above Li foot long, and 
the Bafe above three inches over. The reft are {mail, all of 
them plain Cylinders. Not unelegantly exprefs’d in forne 
variety ot figures by Olearius , Tab. 31. and Fig. 3. of 
Tab. 32. 
The Whirle maketh nine or ten Rounds: which hold 
the fame proportion one to another, as in the Long-Mouth’d 
WilT In the Kingdom of Congi, and forne other places in 
the Eaft-Indies , thefe Shells gy for Money. 
The CONICK SNAIL a little convex, and with the 
Rounds of the Turban alfo convex. 
Another Convex Conick Snail, with the Rounds of the 
Turban Concave. 
The GREAT PERSIAN WILK. Concha Perfica major. 
Of this fort there are four here preferved, of which, two 
are abovea foot long. This 
