This genus of shells is remarkable for their sharp, lengthened, and
spiral form, which obtained for them the common name of Needles.
Shell elongated oval, spire pointed, slightly elevated, or sub-turreted;
aperture wide, oval, strongly notched anteriorly; lower end of the
columella twisted or oblique.
Terebra maculata.
T. flammea.
T. crenulata.
T. dimidiata.
T. striatula.
T. chlorata.
T. cerithina.
T. raphanula.
T. muscaria.
T. subulata.
T. oculata.
T. duplicata.
T. Babylonia.
T. corrugata.
T. Senegalensis.
T. cærulescens.
T. cingulifera.
T. myuros.
T. scabrella.
T. strigilata.
T. lanceata.
T. aciculina.
T. granulosa.
T. vittata.
_T. Buccinoides._ The Buccinum-shaped Terebra. Pl. 27, fig. 3.
Answers to the above description.
_T. vittata._ The filleted Terebra.
Species smooth, pale fawn coloured; transversely striated, with
transverse purplish fillets.
_T. maculata._ The spotted Terebra. Pl. 27, fig. 1.
Species very long, spire pointed; aperture oval, small, widely notched
anteriorly; the external edge thin and sharp, the left with an oblique
thickening at its extremity.
FAMILY XIX.
COLUMELLARIA. Five genera.