THE 
TULIP MUREX. 
GES oo eddie dete 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
_ dnimal allied to a Limax or Slug. | 
Shell univalve, roughened by membranaceous 
sutures. . 
Aperture ending in a strait or subascending chan- 
nel. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &e. 
Murex with ventricose oblong smooth whitish 
shell, with longitudinal fulvous bands, 
rounded whirls, and double suture. 
‘The Tulip Murex. 
La Tulipe. 
i: Argenv. pl. 10. f. x. 
Die Achatbirne. 
Martini 4. £. 1286-1291. 

The Tulip Murex is an inhabitant of the Indian and 
American seas, and is frequently much larger than the 
specimen exhibited on the present plate. 
