Distinguished from the Voluta, from which it was taken, by having the
outer lip thickened.
Shell smooth, polished, ovate, oblong, sub-conic, spire short and
papillary; aperture narrow, sub-ovate, by a light curve of the right
edge, which is inflated or reflected, slightly notched anteriorly; the
columellar edge marked with three distinct oblique plaits.
Marginella glabrella.
M. radiata.
M. quinqueplicata.
M. limbata.
M. rosea.
M. lifasciata.
M. faba.
M. dentifera.
M. dactylus.
M. bullata.
M. cornea.
M. avellana.
M. nubeculata.
M. cærulescens.
M. aurantia.
M. bivaricosa.
M. longivaricosa.
M. muscaria.
M. eburnea.
M. formicula.
M. persicula.
M. lineata.
M. tessellata.
M. interrupta.
_M. lineata._ The lineated Marginella. Pl. 30, fig. 3.
Species with aperture as long as the shell; spire not projecting,
sometimes sunk or umbilicated.
_M. faba._ The Bean Marginella.
Species with aperture shorter than the shell, and the spire projecting.
_M. cærulescens._ The cerulean Marginella.
Species with surface bluish white; spire short and acute; four plaits on
the columella; interior lip brownish purple.