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A conchological dictionary of the British Islands / by William Turton.

  • William Turton
Date:
1819
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Credit: A conchological dictionary of the British Islands / by William Turton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lar: length a quarter of an inch ; breadth one third of ’itss length. Found by Mr. Bryer, at Weymouth. 52. Turbo denticulatus. Denticled Turban. Montagu, p. 3165. Shellconic, rather obtuse, white, semitransparent: spires six, with nine or ten strong coarse longitudinal ribs, nott undulate nor striate in the interstices, but running ob-- liquely, and forming strong tubercles round the lines off Junction: aperture orbicular ; the outer-lip not margined, , but thickened by a rib ; pillar-lip smooth, indented, with a small tubercle or two at the base close to the ribs: length : not quite a quarter of an inch; breadth half its length. From the last it differs, in having fewer ribs, which run obliquely and are not undulated, in wanting the fine trans- - verse striae between them, and in the aperture which is not: strictly margined, but thickened with a rib behind it, Found at Weymouth, by Mr. Bryer. 53. Turbo Bryereus. Bryer’s Turban. Montagu, pl. 15. f. 8—Dorset Cat. pl Loeioy Turbo costatus. Donovan, pl? b78: fs. Shell strong, conic or rather elongated, pointed, glossy- white: spires seven, rather rounded and well defined, with seventeen or eighteen fine longitudinal ribs, which are scarcely interrupted by the line of junction, and not striate gined nor reflected ; pillar-lip smooth, a little turned back, but not perforated behind it : length hardly a quarter of an inch ; breadth a third of its length. Variety. With stronger and fewer ribs, not exceeding ten or twelve in number. Weymouth, Margate, and Dunbar. v. m. 54. Turbo costatus. Ribbed Turban. Montagu, pl. 10. £. 6—Linn. Trans. iii. phl3.foleg] 4 Dorset Cat. pl. 19. f. 5—Watker, f. 47. Shell conic, a little tapering, rather obtuse, glossy-white, semitransparent: spires five, rounded and well defined by the separating line, with eight or nine strong distant lon- gitudinal