THE 
TRAPEZIAL MUREX. 
GENERIC- CHARACTER. 
Animal allied to a Eimax or Slujr. 
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Shell univalve, roughened by membranaceous 
sutures. 
Aperture ending in a straight or subascending 
channel. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, iefc. 
Yellowish oblong MUREX, with slightly- 
knobbed spires, and double blackish lines. 
Double-streaked Indian MUREX. 
Limacon a Bosses et a Bandes. 
Knorr. Vergn. 4 . pi. 20 . f. 1 . 
The trapezial Murex is a native of the Indian seas, 
and is sometimes of a larger size than represented on 
the plate. 
