Species regular, beautifully spotted like a panther.
3. Terebellum. One species.
Shell convolute, thin, shining, sub-cylindrical, pointed behind, truncated before; aperture longitudinal, edges entire, columella truncated.
T. subulatum. The awl-shaped Terebellum. Pl. [31], fig. 3.
Answers to the above description, being the only living species known.
4. Ancillaria. Four species.
An intermediate genus between the Terebellum and the Oliva; distinguished from the former by a callous oblique band at the base of the columella; and from the latter by not having the spiral whorls separated by a groove.
Shell smooth, oval, oblong, pointed behind, enlarged and truncated before; the columella covered anteriorly by a callous oblique band; the right lip obtuse.
Ancillaria cinnamomea.
A. ventricosa.