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Shell ohovate, conical, solid, black, w ith zigzag cross ban d s or spots of white i spire conical, ra tbe r sho ter
than the mouth, brown, rounded, whorls Hal, the last very obscurely keeled near the front. Month ovate,
throat black, with a white spiral band in fro n t; columellar lip brown. Axis 8 ; diam. 3 lines.
T h 7 y o n n g T r ? g c n 7 7 ly 7 r b ia c te ^ ^ ^ ban d on the front o f th e whorl visible
well as in the throat. They vary greatly in the degree o f the roundness or keeling o t the la s t whorl, like the
re st of the genus.
L i t t o r i n a s q u a l i d a , t. 3 4 ./ . 12. Brod. k Sow. Zool. Jour. iv. 870.
Shell ovate, conical, ventricose, solid, greenish g r e y ; spirally striated with narrow brown spiral lines ;
spire conical, acnle. Month roundish ; outer lip thin, brown varred ; throa t b rown, wtth three or fonr darker
b a n d s ; ihner lip white, broad, and concave in front of the axis.
w i e n 'th / sm f e c e is weathered, the brown lines are more distinctly seen and have somewhat the appear-
ance of b eing raised.
L i t t o r i n a f a s c i a t a .
Shell obovate, subotbicular, with oblique transverse brown b a n d s ; the spire shorter than the n w u th ;
apex acute, purplish, whorls convex rounded, ooncavely impressed ne a r the su tu r e ; sn lu r e .ndislmct. Month
v « y oblique wito the axis o t th e shell, ha lf round i lips a nd throat pale brow n ; outer lip black spotted by
the tips o f th e bands. Axis 1 inch, 3 lin e s ; diam. 1 inch, 1 lin e .
Inhab. Pacific Ocean ? My collection.
L i t t o r i n a l im a x .
Limax. Martyn. Univ. Conch.
Shell conical, ovate, solid, pin k or white, smoodt; spire conical, acute, ta to e r larger than the ^
whorls sUgbtly convex, the las. angularly keeled. Month sraall, ovate; “ P
and throat intense orange ; toe axis impressed, covered b y toe colnn.ellai b p . Axrs 8. dram. Imes.
In h ab . Society Islands. My collection.
L i t t o r i n a m i n im a .
Turbo minimus. Gray. MS.—TUooi/, Cat. Sup. t. 3 8 ./ . 2J.
Shell obovate, solid, yellow o r white, with numerons regular m inute dots placed in oblique cross bands ;
spire b t o , shorte’, than’ toe month : throat b row n ; inne r Up p u rp lish . Axis perforated w.th a sb g h t prt.
" ^ \ ” “ m fo t.ro 'n 1 iv eT tor, shell much toe appeamnce o f a n ti„n.e IV«««». I n one specimen r. is deep,
in the Olher there is a slight impression of the same size as the perforation.
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Shell o bova te ; black or brown, marbled with white in f ro n t; spire short, mncb
whotls convex, with a spiral seriesof large red or white
diam. 4 Unes-
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