THE 
WING STROMBUS, 
Generic Character. 
Animal resembling a Limax. 
Shell univalve, spiral, enlarged on the side. 
Aperture generally with a dilated lip, ending in 
a channel towards the left. 
Specific Character, &c. 
STROMBUS with very large rounded lip, smooth 
body, and subnodose spire. 
Wide-lipped Indian STROMBUS. 
WING STROMBUS. 
The genus Strombus is distinguished by the re¬ 
markable width or dilatation of the exterior lip or 
edge of the shell: the species are numerous, among 
which that represented on the present plate may be 
considered as one of the rarest: it is a native of the 
Indian seas, and is occasionally found of a much 
greater size than the specimen figured. 
