THE 
PAPAL VOLUTE. 
Specific Character, &c. 
\ 
rraiifverfely ftriated white Volute with irregular 
dark-red fpots; the edges of the fpires 
toothed ; the pillar with four wreaths. 
The ROUGH or TOOTHED MITRE-SHELL. 
The PAPAL MITRE. 
La TIARE. 
Argcnv. pi. g. f. E. 
La COURONNE PAPALE. 
Knorr. i. pi. 6. f. i. 
The two fliells at prefent figured, are fo very 
nearly allied, that Linnaeus, in the twelfth edition 
of the Syftema Naturae, feems to have confidered 
them as fcarce fpecifically diftindt; and has there¬ 
fore included them both under the common title of 
Valuta Mitra. In the fmooth fort, or M. epifcopalis, 
the fpots are commonly of a bright, though fome- 
what pale red, and of a fiiapc much inclining to 
fquare: 
