The natural history of British shells, including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain .. . aculis rubentibus distinctus, sex minimum spira- rum. List. II. An. Angl. p. 166. tit. 14. tab. 3. Jig. pyramidalis variegatus, limbo angusto in summo quoque orbe circumdatus. List. H. Conch, tab. 616. fig- 1-Culs de Campe de moyenne grandeur, lisses, marbres de rouse et de violet, a orbes separes par un cordon. DAvila, cab. p. 127. No. vol. n. E PLATE LIJ. Trochus Ziziphinus, livid. Penn. Br. Zool. No. 103. tab. 80. fig. pyramidali
The natural history of British shells, including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain .. . aculis rubentibus distinctus, sex minimum spira- rum. List. II. An. Angl. p. 166. tit. 14. tab. 3. Jig. pyramidalis variegatus, limbo angusto in summo quoque orbe circumdatus. List. H. Conch, tab. 616. fig- 1-Culs de Campe de moyenne grandeur, lisses, marbres de rouse et de violet, a orbes separes par un cordon. DAvila, cab. p. 127. No. vol. n. E PLATE LIJ. Trochus Ziziphinus, livid. Penn. Br. Zool. No. 103. tab. 80. fig. pyramidalis imperforatus, lividus, rubro variegatus, limbo in summo quoque orbe circumdatus. Zizyphinus. Da CosU Br. Conch, tab. 2. 2.;;. 31. This is one of the moft elegant of the testaceous tribe found onour coasts; the colour in general is flefli colour or pale red, ele-gantly variegated with deeper red or brown in streaks, waves, andchequers; when the exterior coat is worn, the shell is of a finepearly hue. It is not an uncommon species on the English shores, and is alsofound in the Orkneys and the western isles of Scotland. 55.
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