Note 7 — CONCHOLOGY. PLATE XI. TROCHUS IMPERIALIS var α Roseus PINK, OR ROSEATE, IMPERIAL SUN TROCHUS. Univalve.
Reading edition
This article is thus described in the last day’s sale, lot 81, “An elegant and unique pink variety of the imperial sun, drawn up with the anchor of a ship, from the depth of sixty fathoms, in Cook’s Straits, New Zealand.” Sold for £24 3s.