CONCHOLOGIA ICONICA V03

— CONCHOLOGIA ICONICA: ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SHELLS OF MOLLUSCOUS ANIMALS VOL III CONTAINING MONOGRAPHS OF THE GENERA MUEEX CYPR^A MANGELIA PURPURA MONOCEROS HALIOTIS RICINULA BUCCINUM BULLIA BY LOVELL AUGUSTUS REEVE, F.L.S., AUTHOR OF 'CONCHOLOGIA SYSTEMATICA', 'ELEMENTS OF CONCHOLOGY', ' What thanks Equal, have Historian, sufficient, or I to who &C what recompense render thee, divine thus vouchsafed This friendJy condescension to relate Things else by me With wonder and unsearchable delisht." ; now heard Milton LONDON: REEVE, BKOTHEES, KING WILLLIM STREET, STRAND 1845 F.Z.S — MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS M U R E X " For Nature here Wanton'd Her as in her prime, and play'd at wiU rirgin fancies, wild above rule or art." Miltoti Mii^rm} TL I Reeve BTOlliecs rapro-liflu S ovjwbj iA et aculj ; ; ; MUREX Plate Genus Mueex, Linnfeus frondose ramifications must offer to of growth, Testa ovata vel oblonga, sapisume pyriformin, aut phis mi- it the power of removing these obstacles to tribm aut plitri- use of a powerful solvent bus^frondihus ramosis vel foUatis vel spinosis ornatis revolving process thcii- becomes interesting to notice in what manner emergency is provided for The animal inhabitant has this tiusve fusiformis, spird subamjulato-tnrritd ; anfractihus leviter ventricosis, varicosis, variciiiis I may be commonly its growth by the In the Murex cornutus, for ex- columella Imvi, arcuatd, in canalem mine brevissmum ample, recurvum, nunc longissimiim, tuhulosmn desinente ; aper- portion of the columella, the remains of a spine which has turd suborbiculari, labro exterm plerumqiie denticulato been abraded and removed at its base to make way for the approachmg deposit of the increasing whorl The genus Murex has been so recently illustrated by Mr Sowerby in his Conohological Illustrations,' and by aut crenato, dente unieo promhmlo erecto infra medium interdum armato Operculum corneum Shell ovate or oblong, generally pja-iform, or number, ornamented with branched, nose fronds M Kiener whorls more foliated, or spi- ; Iconographie des CoquiUes vivantes,' many new species to be prominent tooth The genus Mm-es, T\'ith Species I Murex an Operculum horny it by Ftis/is, (Mus Cuming.) Mur c/dd, acuminatd, suturis senis, superne angulatis, cidis terno for the formation of the genera Ceri- thium, TiirhineUa, Caiicellaria, Fasciolaria, ejiarginatus fariam its founder After having been bberally dismembered by Bru- testa ovatd, spird brevius- laviiisciilis, inter ; albidd, ferrurjineo-fiiscescente tinctd ; dente unico parvo, planulato, in niunber, angidated at the ception of the species in which exactly two varices are de- versely obsoletely ribbed posited on a whorl, the second for those having a smaller tusely fimbriated, rather solid number, and the third for such as have a larger number The genus therefore under consideration includes all the pale rusty varicose CanaUferous Gastropods wliich deposit a marginal liquely recm'ved varieties of classification, however, there all numerous bght and immatm-ely formed varices, is scarcely to be genericaUy distingidshed successive layers or ridges from the Fusiis with many more in the ' and varied canal an ; ; whitish, stained with outer lip aimed anteriorly with a ; canal short, closed, ob- Conch.Illus f.98 and 100 entire sm-face of this shell has the appearance of is characteristic, and so The oblique turn also is the of the prominent de- velopement of the tubercles between the varices its Species Murex it of the varices ; it is testa oblonr/o-ovatd, subfusi- culatis, transversim iiratis, by the ornamental and when (Mus Cuming.) Mur siibimpressis ; anfractihus senis, inter varices bituber- to that genus liris pat-vis, subscabrosis, distantihus, tribus basalibusfortioribus; trifariamvari- consi- impediment the numerous spines and lacixiatds formi, basem versus contractd, spird mediocri, suturis common with those oi Fp-ii/a than are greatly distinguished stiiictui-e dered what whorls six The Murices Magellanicus, of Murex, and not hesitate to refer The Murices ; ? The Zoology of the Sulphur,' to present characters in bro-\\Ti being very minutely indented sakbrosus and BelcJieri are of this anomalous character although, I consider the last-mentioned species, described by Mr Hinds waved three-varicose, varices ob- ; SoWERBY, Pro.Zool.Soc.,1840; Eab is gi-eat (btficulty The Murex, with labro ex- antice armato upper part, rather smooth, single small flattened tooth arbitraiy in determining the limit of the genus tri- conspicuously tubercidated between the varices, trans- intervals during eveiy volution of As, in ; solidius- Shell ovate, spu-e rather short, acuminated, sutures rude, and of these Lamarck established the genera Ranella, Triton and Murex: The first for the re- more varices con- varioosd, varicibus obtuso-fmbrintis, The E5IARGINATED MuREx ; increase round their columellar axis tindatis ; anfractibus riidis, canali brevi, clauso, oblique reciirvo Pleuro- toma and Pt/rida, there yet remained a considerable portion that were characterized by their different varieties of varix at tlu-ee or there are, ; spicue tiiberculatis, iransversim obsolete costatis as at present constituted, contains but a very limited niuuber of the species referred to varicose gi-owth added of both authors apertm-e nearly and sometimes armed beneath the middle and Lamarck ' however, some important errors to be emended in the works orbicular, outer lip generally denticulated or crenated, guiere of the upper sometimes very short and reciu-ved, is sometimes very long and tubulous erect in his that I have not in columella smooth, arched, ending in a ; canal which or less ; slightly ventricose, varicose, varices three or left ' more somewhat angularly tm-reted fusifoi-m, spii-e observed, on the cosd, I April 1845 raricikim ereberrinie crispifoliatis, feliis basem versus froiidifortnibiis, subspinosis ; rosaceo-fuscescente ; ;; ; MUREX.— Plate varicihiis cndnneo-mnmihtth, columeUd apice canaUqiie pnrpureo-rosein opwlnm ; roliaidd, lahro externo cre- nulato Shell oblong-ovatc, The laciniated Mukex somewhat middling, fusiform, contracted towards the base, spire six in wliorls impressed ; somewhat with the sutures I This to have confounded several species together somewhat scabrous, tant, the three basal ridges stronger ' learn, ' are correct Species (Mus Cuming.) dis- than the rest Murex spinous the foliations being frond-like and somewhat spotted varices brown, pinkish towards the base rose SoWEllBY, Conchological Illustrations, Kadem M/iivx scnhrosus, numbm- of ; very small, on tliroughoiit than any of the Mi- rest a new species, undei- tlie name of teriorly obtusely rose, spotted Miy f ^^^^^ ///, / -J //J ii& er"by del elliCh // Pi.eeve imp ; - BUCCINUM Plate XIV Species 109 (Mus Cuming.) subficstformi, BucciNUM GLANDIFOEME Buc testd trice plicatis ahbreoiato-oimta, anfradibtis superni concavo-depressis, deinde compim^ infra undiqne driatk ; albidd, cceruleo-plumheo tmctd, zonula angmtd cinereo-mgricante prope nodulos, columella et apertura J HE ACORN-SHAPED BucciNUM SheU abbreviately ovate, whorls concavely depressed round then conspicuously nodded, upper tlie striated beneath; part,' somewhat conceit SheU acuminately pyramidal, ; chalky-white, tinged with pale brown ? simple stnictm-e, but clearly distinct from any pre- viously described species throughout whitish, stained with blueisli lead-colour, Species 113 with a Hah Icevibiis fusiform, whorls rounded, smooth, concen- tncaUy pUcated Hah Of rotundatis, crelaceo-albd, fuscescente tinctd The chalky Buccinum nodom, fauee cmereo-purpureis anfractibus ; narrow ashy black zone near the nodules,' columeUa and interior of the aperture ashy Ipurple r ? The edge of the lip is angle Buc testa ovato-fusifonm, lemmuld, anfractibus superni rotundatis, concentrice • sUghtly sinuated on the nodulous (Mus Cuming.) Buccinum Cancellarioides plicato-costatis, transversim incisis ; The Cancellaeia-like Buccinum luiescente SheU ovately fusi- fom, rather thin, whoris rounded at the upper part, concentricaUy pUcately ribbed, transversely engraved • yellowish Species 110 (Mus Cuming.) BucciNUM CORBTIGATUM fractiins tramversim Hab' Buc testd ohhngo-ovatd, anstriatis, striis tioribus, superne obUqiCe corrvgatis The wrinkled Buccinhm ; basem versus for- Peculiar in form and neatly scidptui-ed pallida spadiced Species 114 (Mus Hancock.) SheU oblong-ovate, whorls transversely striated, stria; stronger towards the base, obliquely wrinkled round the upper part light bav colour Buccinum sericatum culd, ; Ilab Buc testd globoso-omtd, te>m- spird brevi; striatis,^ ? Pecdiarly ? anfractibus columelld arcuatd, rotundatis, labro castaned, epidermide sericed vlrescente partim indutd characterized by the oblique The concentric silk-clad Buccinum rather thin, spire short; wrinkles SheU globosely ovate, whorls columeUa arched, striated, lip rounded, spiraUy somewhat effused; pale chesnut, partiaUy covered with a Species 111 BucciNUM RUGATUM (Mus Cuming.) Buc testa fusiforui-ovcdd, Hancock, spird transversim undique elevato-striatd, longitudinaliter irregulariter varicosd ; attidd aut fuscescente The WRINKLED BucciNUM SheU fusiformly ovate, spire transversely elevately striated tliroughout, dinaUy in-egularly varicose A ; whitish or light light green' silken epidermis pi acutd, Hab spiraliter subeffuse ; pallide longitu- Am f and Mag Nat Hist vol xviii p 328 Hab West Coast of Davis's This species is tation in inserting unknown it Strait to ; Warham and Harrison me, but I can have no hesi- on the authority of Mr Hancock brown ? peculiarly formed species in Species 115 (Mus Cuming.) which the varicose gro^-th Buccinum tortuosum does not appear to be of accidental occurrence tenui, plica td, Species 112 Buc testd fusiformi, subtubulosd, concentrice basi peculiariter indistincte et canaliculatd et irregulariter contractd aperturd parvd, lutescente-albd (Mus Ciuning.) Buccinum cretaceum Buc liBvi, The twisted Buccinum testd acmninato-pyramidali, SheU fusiform, somewhat tubulous, thin, smooth, concentricaUy indistinctly and February, 1847 BUCCINUM.—Plate tracted at Hab tlie base ; apertm-e smaU ; columella arched, interior of the aperture radiately ridged milky-blue, marked with obsciure black lines, and con- peculiarly channelled irregularly plicated, yeUowish white ; interior of the apertivre ? A species in delicate light XIV which the whorls ai-e Hah tubulous Scalaria-like growth ? This shell testa ovatd, enveloped by a milky coating through is which a dark layer of colom-ing Species 116 (Mus Cuming.) Bdccinum lineare Buc yeUow, stained with purple- brown, radiating ridges white of a is discovered ; the aperture exhibits a gi'eat deal of character, being of a pale yellow cramuscidd, lavi- mbcom- gatd, spird brevi, acuta; an/ractibus supene gro\md, distinguished by a rich pui-ple-brown stain over which the radiating ridges are white pressk; columelld arcuaid, superue callosd; citiereoinaqnalUms undique aiit viridescente-fuscd, linek 7dgris Species 118 (Mus Hancock.) conspicue c'mgulatd, columelld alhidd, aperturcE fauce purpureo-cinered Shell ovate, rather thick, plicatd, labro suheffuso encircled thi-oughout with unequal black lines, colu- unlike the growth not much columella somewhat indistinctly plaited, lip slightly effused Species 117 (Mus.^Cuming.) Buc testd oblovgo-ovatd, llneis nigrkantibiis obscure notatd, Med, purpureo-fusco The milky Buccinum ; pale reddish fawn colour, partially covered with a greenish yellow epidei-mis ; spird Hancock, Ann and Mag Nat pi columelld arcuatd, apertura fauce radlatim liratd; lacteo-ceem- hd, round two-keeled, longitudinally somewhat obscurely plicated, plaits nodulous in crossing the keels; acuta, anfractibm superrw concavo-impressis Shell oblong-ovate, thin, ventricose, whorls slightly angulated the upper part, periwinkle in general aspect BucciNDM LACTEUM columelld subindistincte ; rufescente-spadiced, epidermide viridi-flavd partim iiulutd somewhat common ; The Greenland Buccinum ? vei-y characteristic species of solid longitudinaliter mbobscure plicatis, plicii carinas super noduloais ; A bicarinatis, latis, round the upper part; columella arched, ash or gi-eenish brown, conspicuously callous above pressed mella whitish, interior of the aperture purple ash testd oblongo-ovatd, tenia, subventricosd, anfractibm superne leviter angu- smooth, spire short, acute; whorls somewhat com- Hah Bm Buccinum Gr(ENLandicum The line-deawn Buccincm thictd, liris radiautibus 8, and Hist vol xviii p 332 Hab West Coast of Davis's Strait ; Warham and Han-ison Another of the interesting additions made to apertura fatice albis f by Mr Hancock tlu-ough the di-edging tliis genus exertions of and Harrison of Newcastle ou Tyne, in the Shell oblong-ovate, spire shai-p, Messrs Warham whorls concavely impressed round the upper part; locality above quoted ' BUCCINUM {Temporary Index.] Species acummatum, Brodenp acutinodosum, Reeve adsjierstmi, Chemnitz jEtkiops, Reeve ({ffiiie, Gmelin alveolatum, Kiener l"' IV 21 HI 16 Species fusiforme, Broderip fiisiforme, 31 iv 25 Kiener v! Fusoides, Reeve H gemmatum, Reeve VII XIII 108 VIII 55 glaciale, V 37 glandiforme, Reeve m, Linnaus XIV amygdala (Furp.), Kiener VIII 60 gracile, anomaliun, Reeve VIII 54 Groenlandicum, Eancock XFV VII Anglicanum, Martini ariffiihsnm, Gray Antarcticum, Reeve Reeve xil IV 23 hfemastoma HI 18 Humphrey Hianmn, Bennett I 30 hytbophanum, Hancock XIII V {Follia.), Gray 49 18 109 96 118 46 103 assimile, Reeve XII 90 imperiale, Reeve avellana, Reeve H VIII 52 insignis, VIII 58 32 Reeve balteatum, Reeve VIII 59 intinetum, Reeve biliratum, Reeve v X 71 Labradorense, Reeve I 88 lacteum, Itteve bimucronatum Reeve XI Blaim-illii, Besliayes XIII 100 lagenariiun {Furp.), CauceUarioides, Reeve XIV 113 lautum, Reeve Cassidariaefonne, Reeve II ciliatnm, Fahricius I ciugulatum, Reeve X cingiUum, Reeve cinis, XIII Reeve eitrinum, Reeve 11 75 101 licjatum, XIV Lamarck Kiener limbosum {Purp.), Lamarck lincolatum, Lamarck lineare, Reeve V 117 33 ix 63 IV 22 V 35 V 36 XIV 116 XI 84 ligneum, Reeve VIII IX 57 70 Littorinoides, Reeve XII 94 concentriciun, Reeve X 72 lividum, Reeve contractum, Reeve XI VIII 87 53 macidatum, Martyn HI 16 corrugatum, Reeve XIV CoromandeKanum, Lamarck costatum, Quay IX cretaceum, Reeve XFV crocatum Reeve cyaneum, Holier r\'' 110 maeulosum, Lamarck XL 85 marmoratiun, Reeve XII 95 20 melanostoma, Sowerhy m 15 112 Mexicanum, Brugiucre IV 22 62 XII 97 modestiim, Potcis rV 19 IX 69 modificatiim, Reeve IX 67 Delalandii, Kiener XIII MoUeri, Reeve diiiim, Reeve v 29 XII 92 Nassoides, Reeve m 12 XIII 99 nigricostatum, Ree-ve X XI 73 86 Norvegiam, Enc Meth obbqmcostatum Reeve IV 23 XII 91 obscurmn, Reeve IX 68 25 discolor, Quay distortum, Gray Douovaui, Gray I D'Orbignyi, Parandeau VII 106 44 eburuenm, Reeve XII 93 ovum, Turton eftusum, Reeve IV IX 65 pagodus, Reeve VII HI 50 14 papyraceum, Brugiere FV 24 89 erythrostoma, Reeve fascicidatum, Reeve X ferreum, Reeve XIII FrancoUnus (Fitrp.) Lamarck funicidatmn, Reeve 76 102 pastinaca, Reeve XL pictum Reeve X 74 VI 41 plumatum, Gmelin VI 43 VIII 61 plurianulatum, Reeve V 38 BUCCINUM Species Plate Species Plate porcatmn, Gmelin IV 23 taeniatum (Ptirp.), Powis X 78 pristis, Besltayes VI, 39 teuebrosum, Hancock IV 26 PV 27 Gray Proteus, Reeve VII 51 tenue, pulchrum Reeve XI 80 testudineum, Martini IX pusio, Limi