BUCCINUM. WHELK. 
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and strongly divided spires, ribbed longitudinally, and each 
of them crossed by a transverse depressed line near the 
junction, cutting that part into tubercles ; the larger volu¬ 
tion a little striate at the base : outer-lip thick, turning in¬ 
wards to an edge, faintly toothed or striate on the inside ; 
inner-lip reflected, with a single tooth-like ridge on the up¬ 
per part: color livcr-bromi, with sometimes a few rufous 
spots, and sometimes there is a white hand on tlie inside 
of the inner-lip ; length hardly an inch; breadth about a 
quarter. 
Weymouth, and Dublin bay: rare. v. m. 
11. Buccinum lineatum. Lineated Whelk, 
Da Costa, pi. 8 . f. 5— Donovan, pi. 15— Dorset Cat . 
pi. 14. f. 5. 
Shell conic, pointed, smooth, with five or six volutions 
regularly banded with alternate spiral lines of chocolate- 
brown and white, giving them a striated appearance ; some¬ 
times quite white : aperture oval, the outer-lip a little 
spread, marked with the brown lines at the margin, giving 
it the appearance of being slightly notched : length a 'quar¬ 
ter of an inch ; breadth an eighth. 
Dorset and Devon coasts, on Fuci: rare. v. in. 
12. Buccinum bilineatum. Bilineated Whelk 
Lister, pi.998. f. 63 ?— Pennant, pi. 82. f, 9— Dorset Cat . 
pi. 17 - f. 8. /. 
Shell oval, tumid, whitish, .with from two to four hands 
of brown spots on the body volution: spires fi ve or six, 
smooth except two rows of tubercles close to the junctions 
of the largest volutions, which disappear on the smaller 
ones: aperture large, somewhat oval, with the canal 
slightly recurved; the outer-lip slightly toothed ; pillar-lip 
nagged and granular: length hardly an inch; breadth 
three quarters. 
In Lister’s figure, the larger volution appears to be stri¬ 
ate transversely. 
Weymouth and Dunbar: very rare. 
13. Buccinum cinctum. Girdled Whelk. 
Montagu, pi.-15. f. 1. Dorset Cat. pi. 14. f. 17* 
Shell conic, pointed* white, with a fine thread-like ru- 
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