Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 1 / or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals

by William Swainson

Class Mollusca. Order Zoophaga.—(Gasteropoda, Cuv. Pars.)

Carnivorous Mollusca without jaws; the mouth formed into a retractile trunk: conveying nutriment by suction. Respiration aquatic: the water being conducted to the branchiæ by a projecting siphon.

Family,? Strombidæ. (Les Ailées. Lam.)

Synopsis of the Genera.

Div. 1. Outer lip with a sinus; distinct from the basal canal.

STROMBUS. L. Outer lip dilated, entire, basal canal short.

Stromb. gigas, auris-Diana, tridentatus, urceus, &c.

Pteroceras. Lam. Outer lip digitated; canal lengthened, arcuated.