Grey Date Shell—middle figures.
M. testâ ovatâ, griseâ, immaculatâ; spirâ parvâ, conicâ; aperturâ fuscâ; columellâ 4 plicatâ.
Shell oval, grey, immaculate; spire small, conic; aperture brown; pillar 4 plaited.
Voluta plumbea. Sol. MSS. L'Egouen. Adanson, tab. 4. f. 3.
V. prunum. Gm. p. 3446. 33. Martini, 2. t. 42. f. 422 and 3. En. Meth. 376. 8. Lister, 817. 28. (young.) Dill. 530. 69.
The plaits are very strong, and, together with the outer lip, white; equally common, and from the same country, as the last.
MARGINELLA faba,
Fly-spot Date Shell—lower figures.
M. testâ ovatâ, plicatâ, fulvâ, punctis fuscis ornatâ; spirâ conicâ; basi emarginatâ; columellâ 4 plicata.
Shell oval, plaited, fulvous, with brown dots; spire conic; base notched; pillar 4 plaited.
V. faba. Gm. 3445. Lister, 812. 22. Martini, 2. t. 42. f. 431? 432, and 3. En. Meth. 377. 1. Gualt. 28. Q. Dill. 528. 63.
The whorls of this pretty shell are plaited into little nodules; it is usually very small. The supposed variety figured by Martini, and mentioned by Mr. Dillwyn, I am inclined to believe, may be a distinct species.