3. Vermilia. Eight species.

Tube testaceous, cylindrical, more or less twisted, gradually attenuated

posteriorly; opening round, the margin with one, two, or three teeth;

shell adhering by the side to other substances; provided with a convex

operculum.

Vermilia rostrata.

V. triquetra.

V. bicarinata.

V. eruca.

V. subcrenata.

V. plicifera.

V. scabra.

V. tæniata.

_V. triquetra._ The three-sided Vermilia.

White or reddish, rugged, twisted and triangular, carinated along the

back.

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