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BUCCINUM. WHELK. 
whitish with a rufous mixture, and a broad pale rufous 
band round the middle of the volutions : length four inches 
and a quarter ; breadth two and a half. 
The principal differences between this species and the 
last, consist in the lesser number of volutions, the cari- 
nated rib which winds round the top of them all, and the 
consequent flattened appearance of their surface. The 
above description was taken from a specimen in the cabinet 
of Mr. O’Kelly, of Dublin, who found it on the strand of 
Portmarnock, in Dublin bay: another was dredged up at 
Bray, in Ireland, and is we believe in the possession of 
Mr. Sowerby: and our friend Mr. O’Kelly, lias lately in¬ 
formed us that it has been found by Mr. Tardy, at Bullock, 
in Ireland. It has also been taken at Exmouth, r. m: 
5. Buccinum Lapillus. Rock Whelk. 
Lister , pi. 965. f. IS and 1 9 — Pennant , pi. 75. f. 1— Di 
Costa, pi. 7- f- I, 2, 3, 4. 1). 12— Donovan, pi. 11— Dorset 
Cat. pi. 15. f. 1—4. 9. 12. 
Shell oval, thick, with five or six spires ending in a fine 
point, the first very large, all spirally ribbed and crossed 
with fine irregular strife; when young rough with raised 
hollow membranaceous scales, which disappear in its ad¬ 
vanced stage of growth ; when old covered with scales dis¬ 
posed longitudinally, arid sometimes nearly smooth: aper¬ 
ture oval, the outer-lip with a very thin edge, more or less 
indented, with often four or five tooth-like protuberances on 
the inside; pillar-lip transversely rugged on the outside, 
with a slight hollow near the end, and projecting into an 
angle withinslde: color white, yellowish, or greenish, with 
often a broad band or two of chesnut brown or deep yellow, 
rarely of light blue : length from an inch to one and a half 5 
breadth a third of its length. 
Common on most rocky coasts, v. v. 
6 , Buccinum reticulatum. Reticulated JTHielk. Fig. 75. 
Lister , pi. 966. f, 21— Pennant , pi. 75. f. 2— Da Costa, 
pi. 7- f. 10— Donovan , pi. 76 — Dorset Cat. pi. 15. f. 10. 
Shell oblong-oval, pointed, with seven or eight spire*, 
which hardly she above the line of separation, strongly 
ribbed longitudinally, and crossed with finer transverse 
line*, 
