Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 2 / or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals

by William Swainson

Ermine Cone.

Zoophaga. Family Strombidæ. Nob.

Operculum of the Animal smaller than the aperture of its shell; outer lip of the latter detached above.

Typical Genera. 1, Terebellum. 2, Strombus. 3, Conus. 4, ——? 5, Pleurotoma. Auct.

Generic Character. See Lam. Syst. 7, 440.

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Specific Character.

Shell turbinated, redish orange, with two undulated white boards; base granulated, spire obtuse.

Conus lithoglyphus. Mus. Gevers. p. 350. Brug. Ency. Meth. p. 692. Lam. Syst. 7, 490. C. Ermineus, Dillwyn, 395.