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A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences · 1764 · p. 5

The clavicle of the murex is in fome fpecies elevated, in others depreffzd; and the mouth is fometimes dentated, and at others fmooth: the lip alfo in fome is digitated, in others elated, and in Jome laciniated; and the columella is in fome fmooth, in others rugofe. Of this genus there are a great many very elegant fpecies, among which is, the fpider-fhell, or sugofe murex, with [s. 399]