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

  • William Turton
Date:
1819
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    66. Turbo disjunctus. Disjointed Turban. Laskey, Wern. Soc. i. pl. 8. f. 3. Shell rather slender, pointed, white, quite smooth : spires six, very much swollen, divided by a very broad and deep band, which is flat at the bottom or concave in a shoht de- gree, and not angular as in most other shells, giving the volutions the appearance of being disunited : aperture nearly orbicular; the pillar-lip reflected, with a perforation behind it: length hardly a quarter of an inch ; breadth a third of its length. On the Scotch coast: very rare. G. The aperture toothed within: spires regular, 67 to 73. : 67. Turbo Tridens. Trident Turban. Montagu, pl. 11. f. 2—Laskey, Wern. Soc. i. pl. 8. f. 1] —Dorset Cat. pl. 19. f. 12. - Shell somewhat cylindrical, tapering to a rather obtuse point, smooth, glossy, light brown: spires six or seven, flat and distinguishable only by the line of separation : aperture small, rounded at the base, slightly contracting towards the top, a little curved ; the auter-lip with a single tooth at the margin; pillar-lip slightly reflected, with two teeth, which sometimes alternate with two much smaller ones: dead shells become white: length about a quarter of an inch; breadth a third of its length. ~ Caroline Park, near Leith; and lately in the neighbour- hood of Eton: very rare. 68. Turbo Juniperi. Juniper Turban. Montagu, pl. 12. f. 12—Dorset Cat. pl. 19. f. lL. Shell somewhat cylindrical, tapering to a rather obtuge point, and a little narrowed towards the aperture, brown, opake : spires eight or nine, a little rounded and weli de- fined by the line of separation, striated longitudinally in an oblique direction: aperture somewhat orbicular, white margined and reflected, with three ridge-like teeth on the outer-lip, and four on the pillar, behind which is a large ca- vity at the base; the margin of the aperture does not quite u2 attach