This genus was separated by Lamarck from the Murex of Linnæus on account
of having no varices.
Shell fusiform or sub-fusiform; aperture middling, elongated, almost
symmetrical, terminated by a rather long straight tube; external edge
sharp; the columellar edge with two or three oblique plaits.
Fasciolaria tulipa.
F. distans.
F. trapezium.
F. aurantiaca.
F. coronata.
F. filamentosa.
F. ferruginea.
F. tarentina.
_F. tulipa._ The tulip Fasciolaria. Pl. 25, fig. 4.
Species fusiform, not tuberculated.
_F. trapezium._ The striped tower Fasciolaria.
Species fusiform, volutions tuberculated, ventricose; reddish fawn
coloured, with transverse double, slightly undulated lines; inside of
aperture with reddish striæ.
_F. filamentosa._ The threaded Fasciolaria.
Species turreted and tuberculated.