Testa ovata, admodum inæqualis, adspersa nodis conicis tuberculatis inæqualibus. Costæ latere antico membranaceæ, primæ 2 oppositæ, reliquæ alternæ. Color flavus. Apertura hians, antice et postice canaliculatæ, faux intus striata. Labium exterius dentatum, intus dilatato-membranaceum.
This suits very fairly the Triton lampas of authors; far better, indeed, than does the M. Lampas of the 'Museum Ulricæ.'
M. subulatus. M. ecaudatus, pyramidalis.
Testa subulata instar turris, anfractuum undecim, reticulata striis elevatis decussantibus punctis contiguationem eminentibus. Costæ oppositæ et alternæ. Color albus, maculis flavescentibus. Apertura ovata, Labium exterius crassum, intus dentatum. Interius dentato-glabrum.
Both Triton! maculosus and Ranella candisata approach the ideal portrait, yet neither of them precisely agrees.
Under the name of Trochus turritus our author appears to have first described his Murex radula.
Trochus exumbilicatus, pyramidatus, anfractibus duplici serie muricatis.
Gualt, t. 58. f. F.
Testa elongata, flavescens s. testacea. Anfractus 16, connexi sutura crenulata, dorso duplici serie instructi punctis eminentibus pallidis. Apertura subtetragona, subtus in canalis rudimentum desineus.
The Murex Neritoideus of the 'Systema' was thus described.