STROMBUS cylindricus.
False Scarlet-mouthed Strombus—Upper and under figures.
Generic Character.—See [Pl. 10.]
Specific Character.
S. testâ coniformi, spirâ brevissimâ ad basin depressâ, anfractibus convexis inæqualibus, labio exteriore suprà lobato, intùs striato; interiore sub-obsoleto, albo.
Shell coniform; spire short, depressed at the base, the whorls convex and unequal; outer lip lobed above, and internally striated; inner lip nearly obsolete, white.
Lister 850. 5. (bad.). Gualt. 31. 1. Knorr, vi. tab. 15. 3.
Strombus luhuanus Linn. Martini, x. tab. 157. 1499. 1500.
Young. Lip above entire, inside smooth, whorls tuberculated. Lister, 849. 4. a? Knorr, vi. tab. 17. 2.