Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and: Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and; Productions, Volume 1Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
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Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and: Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and; Productions, Volume 1
Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
Natural history -- Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka
[Footnote 25: The fissurata of Humphreys and Dacosta, pl. 4--E. rubra,
_Lamarck_.]
[Footnote 26: B. Ceylanica, _Brug_.]
[Footnote 27: P. Tennentii. "Greyish brown, with longitudinal rows of
rufous spots, forming interrupted bands along the sides. A singularly
handsome species, having similar habits to _Limax_. Found in the valleys
of the Kalany Ganga, near Ruanwellé."--_Templeton_ MSS.]
[Footnote 28: Not far from bistrialis and Ceylanica. The manuscript
species of Mr. Dohrn will shortly appear in his intended work upon the
land and fluviatile shells of Ceylon.]
[Footnote 29: As Ellobium.]
[Footnote 30: As Melampus.]
[Footnote 31: As Ophicardelis.]
[Footnote 32: M. fasciolata, _Olivier_.]
[Footnote 33: These four species are included on the authority of Mr.
Dohrn.]
[Footnote 34: N. exuvia, _Lam_. not _Linn_.]
[Footnote 35: Conch. Cab. f. 1926-7, and N. melanostoma, _Lam_. in
part.]
[Footnote 36: Chemn, Conch. Cab, 1892-3.]
[Footnote 37: N. glaucina, _Lam._ not _Linn._]
[Footnote 38: Not of _Lamarck_. D. atrata. _Reeve_.]
[Footnote 39: Philippia L.]
[Footnote 40: Zeit. Mal. 1846 for T. argyrostoma, _Lam._ not _Linn._]
[Footnote 41: Buccinum pyramidatum, _Gm._ in part: B. sulcatum, var. C.
of _Brug_.]
[Footnote 42: Teste Cuming.]
[Footnote 43: As Delphinulat.]
[Footnote 44: P. papyracea, _Lam._ In mixed collections I have seen the
Chinese P. bezoar of _Lamarck_ as from Ceylon.]
[Footnote 45: P. vespertilio, _Gm._]
[Footnote 46: R. albivaricosa, _Reeve_.]
[Footnote 47: M. anguliferus var. _Lam._]
[Footnote 48: T. cynocephalus of _Lamarck_ is also met with in Ceylon
collections.]
[Footnote 49: S. incisus of the Index Testaceologicus (urceus, var.
_Sow_. Thesaur.) is found in mixed Ceylon collections.]
[Footnote 50: C. plicaria of _Lamarck_, and C. coronulata of _Sowerby_,
are also said to be found in Ceylon.]
[Footnote 51: As Purpura.]
[Footnote 52: N. suturalis, _Reeve_ (as of _Lam_.), is met with in mixed
Ceylon collections.]
[Footnote 53: E. areolata _Lam_.]
[Footnote 54: E. spirata, _Lam_. not _Linn_.]
[Footnote 55: B Belangeri, _Kiener_.]
[Footnote 56: As Turricula L.]
[Footnote 57: 0. utriculus, _Dillwyn_.]
[Footnote 58: C. planorbis, _Born_; C, vulpinus, _Lam_.]
[Footnote 59: Conus ermineus, _Born_, in part.]
A conclusion not unworthy of observation may be deduced from this
catalogue; namely, that Ceylon was the unknown, and hence
unacknowledged, source of almost every extra-European shell which has
been described by Linnæus without a recorded habitat. This fact gives to
Ceylon specimens an importance which can only be appreciated by
collectors and the students of Mollusca.
2 RADIATA.
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