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

by William Swainson

Olive Volute.

Family Volutidæ. Sub-family Volutinæ. Nob.

Generic Character.

Shell fusiform, invariably smooth and polished: spiral whorls gradually diminishing in size, the apex obtuse but rarely thickened or distorted: pillar generally gibbous in the middle, with from four to six thick and unequal plaits: margin of the outer lip thickened.

Typical Species.—Scaph. undulata. Junonia, maculata, zebra.

Aberrant Species.—Scaph. papillaris, elongata (?)

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Specific Character.

Shell small, oval, fulvous, with longitudinal purplish-brown spots, disposed in three transverse bands: spire conical: pillar four plaited, not gibbous.