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The great family of the Cones is characterised by the remarkably persistent form of their shells, being an inverted cone, with a very long and narrow mouth, and a sharp edged outer lip. Clothed in TRITON VARIEGATUM. CONES AND VOLUTES. 1, Conns imperialis; 2, 3, 4, ammiralis ; 5, C. Nobilis ; 6, C. Gloria-maris ; 7, C. Textile ; 8, C. Geograplms ; 9, C. Tesselatus ; 10, Vuluta scapha ; 11, V. Musica ; 12, V. Vexillum ; 13, V. Cymbium ; 14, V. Undulata ; 15, V. Imperialis ; 16, V. Delessertii. 55... THE CONES. 201 a dull, yellowish-brown epidermis, they offer no peculiar attraction in the living state. But when this natural covering is removed, and the shells have been carefully cleaned by a skilled hand, we are struck by the extreme beauty and diversity of patterns and colours which they display. "The Cones, " says Adams, "are principally inhabitants of the equatorial seas. Haunting the holes and fissures of rocks, and the labyrinths of coral-reefs, they lead a predatory life ; boring into the shells of other molluscs and sucking the juices of their bodies.
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