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BUCCINUM. WHELK. 
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fous-brown line round the middle of each volution: -spires 
six or seven, very little raised, finely and closely ribbed, 
longitudinally, and obscurely striate transversely in the 
depressions between the ribs : aperture narrow, the outer- 
lip thickened at the back, and slightly toothed within, with 
a small rufous spot on the edge, and another at the upper 
angle of the aperture, and from these two spots may he traced 
two obscure broken lines round the base of the shell; in¬ 
ner-lip slightly notched by the transverse stria?of the base: 
length barely a quarter of an inch ; breadth about a third 
of its length. 
Found at Weymouth by Mr. Bryer : very rare. 
14. Buccinum minimum. Minute Whelk . 
Montagu , pi. 8. f. 2— Donovan , pi. 1/9. f. 2. 
Shell strong, conic, taper : spires five, rounded and well 
defined, ribbed longitudinally, and reticulate by finer trans¬ 
verse lines : color from light to dark chesnut brown : 
aperture oval, a little elongated at the base, with both the 
lips smooth: length hardly- two-tenths of an inch. 
Western coasts, and Dunbar: rare. v. m. 
15. Buccinum terrestre. Land Whelk. 
Montagu , pi. 8. f. 3— Walker , f. 60. 
Shell very slender, smooth, glossy, transparent, obtusely 
pointed, white: spires six, a little raised, and very obliquely 
separated by the line of junction; the first more than Uric? 
as long as the second : aperture oblong, somewhat oval ‘ 
the lips without teeth, the outer-one thin and evec, the in¬ 
ner-one thickened and forming a small canal: length about 
a quarter of an iach; breadth a line. 
On the top of Barham Downs, in moss and at the roots 
of grass ; and brought down by the floods into the Avon, 
at Lackham in Wiltshire: Eton, and Dunbar: rare. t\ m. ! 
The following species are very obscure and imperfectly 
described, not having been ascertained since the time of , 
their respective discoverers. 
16. Buccinum obtusulum. 
' Walker , f. 59. 
Shell opake, white, with three tumid spires: aperture 
oval. 
At Favershani creek : minute. 17- Buc- 
