THE 
TRITONIAN MUREX. 
Generic Character. 
Animal allied to a Slug. 
Shell univalve, spiral, roughened with membra¬ 
naceous sutures. 
Aperture ending in a strait or subascending chan¬ 
nel. 
Specific Character , &c. 
MUREX with large, oblong, smooth, whitish 
shell, with transverse ferruginous undula¬ 
tions, toothed aperture, and short top. 
The Sea Trumpet, or great clouded MUREX. 
Triton’s Trumpet. 
This superb shell, which is sometimes seen of near 
a foot and a half in length, is principally found in 
the Indian seas. From its peculiar form it is well 
adapted for the purpose of a horn or trumpet, and 
is said to be often used as such by the African and 
Asiatic shepherds. It is said to be occasionally used 
as a military trumpet among barbarous nations. We 
may also conclude it to have been the shell intended 
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