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"Longa" was originally "magna": the erroneous reference to Gualtieri was
not inserted.
C. CAPITANEUS. _C._ conicus, basi fusca, spiræ anfractibus
adscendentibus.
At least two species were confused; but, from the heading, it is clear
that _C. generalis_, rather than _C. capitaneus_, was the typical form:
the latter was the variety _g._
The V in the reference to Rumphius was a misprint for the written Y:
"Gualt. t. 20. f. G." and "Pet. Gaz. t. 27. f. O." were additional
synonyms. "Notata lituris undatis fuscis" was not in the manuscript.
C. PRINCEPS. _C._ flavus, lineis fusco-purpureis longitudinalibus
ramosis.
"Sub" preceded "convexa."
C. AMMIRALIS. _C._ basi punctato-scaber.
After "summus" was written "cingulo albo"; after "ordinarius," "cingulo
nullo"; Seba was not quoted; "pruniformis" was the earlier reading
for "conico-convexa, pyriformis." The variety _a._ was described as
"circumdata lineis numerosis albis nigro articulatis, quarum quæ
cylindrum distinguit a spira latior maculis albis nigrisque majoribus
alternantibus." The variety _g._ was not originally present in the
catalogue, but was interpolated by Linnæus. "Hæc pretiosissima ut
vendita fuerit 500 florenis" was the final remark.
C. NOBILIS. _C._ subcylindricus lævis glaber, spira acuta argute
canaliculata.
"Cacumen" was a misprint for the written "acumen."
C. GENUANUS. _C._ pictus cingulis linearibus albo fuscoque articulatis.
A strange confusion took place between the details of _C. senator_
and _C. Genuanus_. The published description belonged to the former,
the synonym the latter, and should have preceded the following brief
description:
"Testa conica, pallida, glauca, oblongiuscula. Lineæ 19 transversæ
fusco-nigræ s. purpurascentes albo interruptæ, alternæ sæpe
angustiores. Spira subconica, obtusa."
C. GLAUCUS. _C._ emarginatus, basi striatus, spiræ inermis anfractibus
convexis.
C. MONACHUS. _C._ gibbus acutus, fusco-cærulescente nebulosus, basi
striatus.
Bonanni was not quoted in the written copy.
C. MINIMUS. _C._ cinerascens, punctis oblongis cinctus.
The original description has been much altered by Linnæus. It ran as
follows: "Testa ovata, glauco-cinerea, gibba, striæ transversales
plus 30 punctis fuscis oblongis. Spira convexa, alba, maculis fuscis
magnis transversis." The cited figure does not even suit these meagre
characteristics, which might have been equally applied to _C. glaucus_.
C. RUSTICUS. _C._ ovatus, basi rugoso-scaber, spira conica convexa.
The variety was not noticed, and d'Argenville was not quoted in the
original catalogue. "Flavo et glauco" should have been "flavo aut
glauco," as written.
C. MERCATOR. _C._ ovatus, albus fasciis reticulatis flavis.
C. BETULINUS. _C._ subemarginatus, basi rugosus, spira planiuscula
mucronata.
Seba was not cited.
C. FIGULINUS. _C._ emarginatus, basi rugosa, spira convexa acuta.
An additional synonym, "Rump. t. 31 (error for 33, there being no number
1 in that plate) f. 1," was indicated.
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