Illustrations of the recent conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land and fresh water

4 MOLLUSCA. [TnACIIELJ l'01>,1. hilícatcd. Ltngth nnt q·titc thrcc•cighths oí :in inch, brradth :in ci¡;hth :md 3 h:ití. Found :it Grccnock by Stewart Kcr. Esq.; r.irc. 5. Y. pe/lucida, pi. XIX, (. 45-16. - fü, L EJ ., pi. 38, f. 45-4_G. Shcll subcylindrica.l, amooth, thiu, pclluc1d :md wlut_c; .' '~crturc wliolc lcn~th oí 1ho shcll somcwbat dil:i.t in" for half its c:ttt!nl ; outcr l1p rising abo,·c thc bod), o.ml a lit tlo ; hickcned at its c,lgo; superior cxt rcmity with a subumlailicus, 3nJ a nry ,light duplicatura towa.rds the ba.sc o! thc columclla. Lcngth an ci;hth am\ 3 h :i.lf nf an inch, brcadth :i littlc mure th:rn h:i.Jí its 1cngth. \Ve íound this on thc beach at Dunbar; vcry rarc. G. Y. trunca/a, pi. XIX, f. 17-IH.- Y . rclusa-First E.I., pi. 38, f. 1i-18 ; Bullu lruncata; Montagu, p. 223, ¡al. 7, f. 5. Shc-11 1ubcylindr ical, rather stron~, op3.quc \'d.itc; uppcr vart. longitudin:illy st r iatcd, for about a third it s lcngth; apcx t runcatcd and l:irgcly umbilic:itcd, showing their Tolutions; apcrturc the wholc lcngth, \'cry narrow, but dibtcd a littlc At tho bue, and contract-etl most in thc mi1 Jlc. Lcngth nc.i.rly a quartcr oí ;m inch, brc.ulth about b:Llf its lt'ngth, moro bulging bcncath. Found in saud at Sal• comb b:1y, De\·on,hire, ,vcymouth, ami Fo.lmouth. 1. Y. rtl111a, p1. XIX, í. 12.-First Ed., pi. 38, í. 12; Bulla trU1JC<ltU; v. Jlc9lubien1i1 : Adams, in Linn. Tr. V, pi. J, í. 1-2. Sholl modcratcly 1lrong, subcylimlric, opaque and whitc, longitudinally wrinklcd; apcx oblusc, apc rturc \Tholo lcng th oí thc shell, ,·cry much comprcssed at thc top, :md gr:itlually wi<lcning bcncath, base somcwh:1t cont r :lctcJ; outcr lip slig:htly inflcctcd a.bovo :ind thin h<'lo,..-. Lcn¡:;th an cighth and a half of an inch, brc:1tlth halí its longth. Pound in sand al thc ,vu h, ami al llclton sands, Frith oí Forth. GENUS 4.- MAUGINEJ.I.,L-Lamarcl,. Sl,cll oblong-ovatc, smooth; spire shor l, outc1· Jip with a mar- ginul longitudinal varix; base sl ightly notchec.l; columclhi plaited; folds ncarly cc¡ual. 1. J'1. cat i,iata, pL X, í. 1-1.-First Ed,. pl. 51, f. 1·1 j rolutcl t·utiu11tu; i\lon- tagu, 1'· 2:lü, pl. G, f. 2. Shdl ublo11g-ov:il, strong, subpcllucicl, whitc :mil \"cry glossy; with four 11:m<ls of o¡w1uo \\'hite, oblong ~pols, co11ncctclt hy smatl ruíou, c:ttinatc<l spccks ; uppcr \"olution harJly ,lcliuc1l, np1?X indi.:ntc,1, i1n·olutc; apcrturc lincar 1 cxtcnding thc wholc li•n;;th oí thu shcll; outer lip thick, obsolctcly dcnticubtctl, but not m:lrgi 11:1tc<l; 1·oh11nclln l)U:ldruplicnlc1l 1 wi th two strong aml two faint íolds. Lcng:th a c1uartcr of :m i11ch , Lrc:uhh nt top onc~cighth. Fuu1ul in puuls of water, St Austlc bay, ne-ar F1.1Wl'f, ofl' tho Liio.rd, aml 11.l Pcuzancc. Gi;:s-us 5~Co,.u~11JELI.A.-La111arck. Shrll oval, or ovatc, s¡,irc short ; base of the apcr ture more or lcss cmnrginatc, ali(\ dcstitute of a canal; columella plaitcd; outcr lip with an iutcrnal promincncc, which contracts the apcrt nrc. l. C. lit·t,is, ¡11. X, f, 15.- First El\., ¡il. !'">l, f. 15; Cy¡,rtea t.·oluta; l\fontarru p. 20:J, 111. H, f. 7. 0 ' Shdl conui,I, stron.:, thick , thu bo,ly ,·cry large , spirc YCry short, consist inn of t_\':º vi:ry 5mall rnl11tio11s j :tpcrturc linear, tcrmiu:Ltc,\ by a short can:\I ¡ innc; Jip l.1111tl~•, .tntl thc ouh•r lip r3th,•r strougly dcn ticubtccl antl thickcncd ; colnmclla rnb- 11.lii:ntetl i . ~ur facc with .t fino ¡1olish , :rn1l both au:;lcs oí tho apcrlurc ha\"c 3 sli~ht. t111 gt! oí ¡unk. Length about half nn inch. Fouml in tlecp water in Sa1comb bay. FA~llLY III.-Pu,wumFEnA. ~111•11 wi t h a short Clnal postcriorly asccnding, or with an oblique not ch at thc base of thc apcrtmc, directcd backwards. Gi,:irns G.-Buccrnu~1.- Limuc11s. Shcll O\"atc, or o,·ate-conica\; apcrture longitudinal, with the base cmargi natc; no canal; columclla not dcprcsscd, turgid abovc. l. .ll. _11ntlatum, pi. I_V, f. 8.-First Et!., pi. 49, f . 8 ; i\Iont1:;u, p. 23i ; La- m~rd, \ 11. p\. 7, p. 263; Pl•nnant, 1V, \ll. ;3 f 90 · Dononn · 1 1 10 • S:h(')\ st · 1 . • ' • ' . ' 1 ' ~- ..., . ron~, \\'ll' so,·~n or right vcnt ricosc volutions, spirc short bu•ly brrrc, \"CHln,·o~~; uiulubtcl¡· ribb • l a J ·11 ' ' " ' ·"tl ti I . . et' 11 ,n 1 st ron~ W:\\"('I\ tr:msvrrsc stri~ inttrscctctl \\1 1 mcr ong1tu,\ma\ stria:. co l 'th , which tho shl'll is brow . ' . ,·~ret w1 a strong- fuscous rpidt•rmis, bcncat h brown. From 4 to!) _msh o~ ' '"lntc. Young shclls are somctimcs motllcd with Fi,.urcs 9 :\tl l 10. mchcs m leng th. l nhabits almost ali thc Brit ish coast~. C ºT . 1 · l , ~ 15 :\ r c:\' crsc,\ or hctcrostrophe ,·arict \" oí this ~hcll fouud b¡· W:llt ' r ..:H' pn, !!.SI}. !\l U:unsgatl' \ · I . · ' · cr Trt•,·cl¡·:i.n lh t t \\' 11" , , ant is prt'~<'rH' t rn thc ~ph·11<li1I mu~cum oí Sir John ' r · • :i. :,. mgton. A sm:i.11 . . • . • . . st ron,.. ''"' '·e in tlw o t r . 1 . , a rie l) h common III Loch Rpn, w1th a o . . u cr ip ' t 11.! botly w1tho t l l t" 1 1 l\nJubtc. F.... l ))\ . 1 • ·h u um u.a toni:, :im t 1c i-pir,;• s\iuhtly it i; much mo;(' s~bul~t/ :~ \\ ~l ~Pfl.C'.l~s to us :motli<'r \·ariety o f B. u11da~1m • • H! sp1rc is tusiforin; thc Ln·adth uí thl' boily brin;J onl; 3 third oí its longth. Jt is írom Jeep w:iter, oíT thc Orkncy coast. ,ve figurNl this from a.n cxccllenl s pccimcn in thc cabinct of William Nícol, E sq., Eclinburgh. 2. 1), Auglicauum, pl. 1V, f. 11.-First EJ. , pi. 4H, f. J l ; Lamarck, Yll, p. 26,1 ; lluccinum striatwu; Pcnn:i.nt , IV, p. 121; Listcr Ang., p. 157, pi. 3, f. 3. Sht'll oblong, conical , thin, t r ansvcrscly :1.11d promincntly sulcatNl ami s l r iatc; fuscous brown, with rcddish-brown spot s and clouc.ls ; volutions cou,·cx; sr,i rc vc ry shurt , body \'Ct)' largo; apcx of thc spirc obt usc ; columclla sub ,·crrucosc, From thrcc to fuur :md :1 h:ilf inchcs in lcngth. Found on thc wholc of Lho western co:ut of llritain, lmt nthcr rarc on lhc e :i.sl coast. F ig. 2 , pi. 3, wc crmsith~r :i.. grc1tly 1iroduct>d ,·.iri<'ly of this shcll from Orkucy, whcro it is obtainc<l by lishcrmcn in tlrcp-sc.i fishing adhcring to thcir lines. J t agrccs in evcry particular with thc 11. A11glicauu111, cxccpt iu bcing much more clongatctl. Drawn írom a fine spcci111c-u in thc cabinct o f " 'illiam I\'icol, Esq., Edinburgh. Fig. 3, pi. ~, is anothcr ,·:lricty írom 7.ctl:ind, in thc cab inct o f our íricml, Edward Furbci;, jun., Es11., oí D oug:la.s . ]sic oí Man. This varicty w:is procurc<l by D r EJwar<l Charlcton, ami was figurcd by l\lr Forbcs i n tho l\Iagazinc of Natural llistory, V111, p. ;;!.13. 3. JJ. glacial,:, pl. IV, í. 12-13.-First Ed" pi. -19, f. J2-l3; 1'fo11t:ig u, S up. p. 109 ; l\taton :md R.a.ckct in Lino. Trans. Y111, p. l 3G ; Donuv;m, V I pi. J ;j.J. Shcll rathcr thin, tapcr and of a li\·id brown colour, with niuc vulutions, spir:illy striatc; top of cach volution dcntatc-d or scmicoslah!c1; nc-ar t hc Uast: thcrc is usu:iliy a ~iuglc t rans\"crsc stria larg:cr th:in thc olhers , which has bccn tlcsc ribc1l as a s<'Jn l• carina.; aperturc o\"atc, outcr lip thin, somcwhat spreading in :lllult shclls. 1.cngth two :in<l :\ half mchcs. Found in Orkncy; ,·cry r.:ire. 4. 11. llumplircysia11um, pl. IV, f. l·l.-1':'irst E<l., pi. •19, í. l•i; Dcnnct, iu Zoo!. J our., 1, p. :J98, pi. 17, f. 1-2. Shcll thíu, ov:itc-l·onical, with cight con\·cx volutions, con•rctl with fine, clo~c set, transversc, slightly undul:itcc.1 strire, crossc<l by vcry min~1tc longitudinal line:s; thc last ,·ulution furnishcc.l with threc brown douUlc ban<ls, thc uppcr onc 11carh- 0Lsuletc, itregularly spotteJ with w!tite, grallually disappcaring in the uppcr volut~on/, columclla smo\lth, whitc; apcrturc horn colourcd, lip \\"hite , sli;;htly thickcncd antl rcflcclc<l on thc marg:in; canal vcry shor t, with :i slight tinge o{ \"iolct bchin<l it. Lcngth two inchei; 1 brcadth onc inch. lnhabits thc harbour oí Cork, whcrc it was <liscovcrc1l by i\Ir John D. Humphrcys. Mr llcnnct says this shcll appro:ichcs ncarly lo thc Ducciman 1Yurwegicu111, En- cyc:lop. .i\lcthod., pi. :J!)!), f. 5, I.Jut. diffcrs from it in its lcss clon~atc<l form, in thc ab,cnce oí thc groo,·cs which that shcll pusscsscs in :iddition to th~ s tri~, i11 tlw rc-r:;ubr con\"c,:.ity of ils volutions, which are nol ílattcncd at thc top, and ¡ 11 tlio.: smuotlmcss of its columcll:i. 5. ll. 01.:um, pi. 1V, í. 15.-First Ed., pl. 49, f. 15; 'furton, in Zoo). J our. , 11, I'· 366, pi. 13, f. 9 . Shcll o,·al, inflatc1I , thin, h·ory white, with si x tumid ,·olutions ; outcr Jip thiu, smooth. Lcugth :m iuch :i.nJ thrcc quartcrs, brc: :i.J.th rathcr more Lhan an iudi . JJrcdgcd off Plymouth. • . G. IJ. brc.•,:c, pi. IV, f. IG- 17.-First EJ . , ¡,l. 49, f. lG-li; Adarns, ¡ 11 Lin:i. I ra.ns. , 111, pi. 13, f. 3-4; l\Iontagu, p. 250. ?hcll whitc, short; with firn ,·olutions; long:ituc.lin :illy cos ta.tell, an<l tr:insn~r:K"ly ~! na.te. i. B. ol~tusrtlum, pi. I V, f. 18.-FirsL Etl., pi. •HJ, f. 18; \Valker, pi. 9 1 f. t'!I; :\dams, ¡\fic., p1. 14, f . 25; i\Jontagu, p. 250. . " Thc bcllicd whilk o f threc spircs, with :in o\·a.1 apcrturc ; colour opa.que \\'hit e-. · · l•rom Fcnrsha.m Crcck ¡ vcry rarc. "'alkcr. 'fhc a.hove two spccics ha.\'C not come undcr our own noticc, ::md lhcrcíorc wc uj \·,: thcm as figurc tl and dcscribcd by the .i.ulhors. n 8. 11. acumi,wtum, pl. 111, f. 5-G; llro<lcrip · z l f. 1 _ 2 _ , m oo. Jour., V, p. ·H, pi. :.l, Shell conic:ll-subulatc, t:i.11cring gr:i.Ju.i.lly from thc an ...,lc of lhc bo t. t ti wh· ¡ · • 1 . . o t ) o 11.! apcx. .· 1¡° 1 1s acum~natcl ; spirc cons1stin;; o í n inc volutions; thc wholc slu•ll CO\·cr¡•tl "~I t slr~n;; spiral, clnatcd, :ingular s trin!; co:ited with a brown cpidtrmis . a. 1 •rt . m1lk~wl11t c; c<lgc of thc lip somcwh:il rcflcctc<l · columcll:t with t i . 1·' 'l t u ~e ma k l ' ti d bl 1 . • . IC mncr tp stro11u••· r "t?l w1 1 :i ou e p alt; basal íurro\\" dctp, :iu<l thc canal J:ir ...,c D . 1 ¡ ¡e-:·: offTorqa·b·Y" K 'l . o ·· tc tgcc:11 \·e , u ~ ' . ) iscount 'eous1c; 3tlll is now in thc cnbinct o f ~Ir Sowcrln· U. B. Jusiformc, pi. 111, í. •l; llro<lcri p, in Zool. J our. v 4 :- ·," S!1cll. fusiform, whitc, with SC\'Cn vcnt ricosc volutio1;. ' p. . .,, pi.. 3, f. :J. long1tudmal sub"ranulosc ribs and striatc t 1 1 s , cros)ctl h) nnmt•ro•:.; o , • r:rnsnrsc y • t 1c ribs <1o t t ¡ lowcr p.ut of thc body \"olution b 1 . 1 , . nu e x en1 to tb· ' ut c;i., e t ic base snnpl)· ,:,t . t l t p ill:lr smooth. Found by Mr J. llum hre,·s . n:l ce rans\·...-r~cly. ::;.vwcrby. p . ' ncar Cork. ln thc nmscum oí :'\Ir GE:s-us Í-- NASSA .-Lamarck. Shell ovatc, or ovatc · 1 . . ' -con1ca ' sp1re gcnerally vcry shorl ·111 l . sorne spcctcs much dc¡l . 1 ' ' l '" r . . iessec; apcrturc contractcd, orucarly 0 , .. ik· :p tu somc spcc,eg grcatlythickencd, ami covcrin" thc whol<· I,c 1' .. ' ll"Ollt forming ·e " , H 1 111 ' a 111111 or111 mass with thc columclla. e I l . 1• , ' , ana S ra1g 1t. 1. •\ • r cticuluta pl ) V ( ,, ,, lJ . :'\l,,nt.1311. p. 2-10; ~ 01:0\'"' I: ·.,-:·~ ~l((lltltlll rrtic11lat11m. - F ir :-l Ecl., pi. -1 !). r. :! :!. ; \'11, p. 2lii. .. ,t. ,h, . ¡,ul/11.-:, 1,,.-1111:1111, l\',pl. i:.!,f.t-t- ; l .:!111:1r, :, ,