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Cal._ 1797.) The figures of Martini, tom. 3. tab. 8. f. 825, 826, clearly represent this species; although Lamarck has quoted them for _S.

lentiginosus_.

STROMBUS lentiginosus,

_Tuberculated Strombus_

_S. testa nodosa; labii exterioris supra rotundati ad spiram annexi, profunde bilobati, margine cra.s.so inflexo, sub-nodoso; lobo basali dentato; apertura laevi._

Sh.e.l.l nodulous, outer lip above rounded, attached to the spire, deeply bilobated, margin thick, inflexed, slightly nodulous; basal lobe toothed; aperture smooth.

_Young._ _Seba_, _t._ 62. _f._ 37. 40. _optime_. _Martini_, 3. _t._ 89.

_f._ 871. _t._ 91. _f._ 891. 892? _Lister_, 893. 12?

_Adult._ S. lentiginosus. _Gmelin_, 3510. _Dillwyn._ 660. _Martini_, 3.

_t._ 81. _f._ 827, 828.

_Seba_, 62. _f._ 11. 30. (_optime_.) _Lister_, 861. 18. _Gualt._ 32.

_f._ A.

_Lam. Syst._ 7. _p._ 203. _Knorr_, 3. _tab._ 13, _f._ 2. Lamarck has omitted to quote any of the figures representing the young sh.e.l.ls of this and the following species.

This common sh.e.l.l requires little description, and is only introduced to contrast more fully the difference between these two species: the upper part of the lip has two deep notches, which form three prominent lobes; the basal lobe is toothed, similar to the _Pterocerae_: the aperture (in those sh.e.l.ls from the East Indies) is light pink inside. A large and fine variety comes from the Mauritia islands, having the mouth within pale golden yellow.

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[Ill.u.s.tration]

STROMBUS tricornis,

_Horned Strombus._

GENERIC CHARACTER.--See Pl. 10.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

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