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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4: Zoology
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B. ERINACEUS. _Cas._ subsulcata, antice nodosa, labio edentulo,
postice extrorsum denticulato.
The entire account of this _Cassis_ was interpolated by Linnæus in the
pages of his amanuensis.
B. GLAUCUM. _Cas._ glabra, antice muricata, labio dentato, postice
extrorsum denticulato.
The superfluous A in the reference to Gualtieri was a misprint:
"inferne" was "interne": the "acuminata" and "marginatum" were
emendations.
B. VIBEX. _Cas._ glabra, labio edentulo, postice extrorsum denticulato.
The figures 8 and 9 of Rumphius were not cited.
B. PAPILLOSUM. _Cas._ papillis decussatis, labio tenui, extus
denticulato, fauce glabra.
"Rectum" followed "exterius" in the written copy, wherein "s. albidus"
and "antice sinu excavata" were not to be found.
B. GLANS. _Morion_ labio exteriore denticulato, interiore bidentato.
"Labium exterius margine postico denticulato" was omitted in printing.
B. ARCULARIA. _Cas._ longitudinaliter sulcata, labio exteriore tenui,
interiore maximo.
B. COSTATUM. _Lyra_ costis longitudinalibus, antice prominulis,
alternis obsoletis.
This diagnosis but ill suits the _Many-ridged Harp_, which, of late,
has been considered identical.
B. HARPA. _Lyra_ costis longitudinalibus antice mucronatis.
The shell is described in the MS. as "striata subtilissime
longitudinaliter", and "Pet. Amb. t. 2. f. 2", "Pet. Gaz. t. 48. f. 13"
(the latter quoted also in the 'Systema') are there substituted for the
reference to Gualtieri. The printed additions are considerable; to
wit, "costæ vero striis transversis", "anfractibus costis mucronatis",
"denticulatum."
B. PERSICUM. _Lyra_ læviuscula, labii margine crenulato.
The erroneous citation of Grew (t. 9. f. 5, 6) in the 'Systema' had
been adopted in the manuscript.
B. PATULUM. _Lyra_ muricata spinis obtusis.
Neither the erroneous reference to Gualtieri, plate 51. f. A (which
was designed for _Purpura hæmastoma_), nor the "color interne
rufescens", is to be found in the manuscript.
B. SMARAGDULUS. _Lyra_ glaberrima, columella denticulata.
Neither the erroneous reference to d'Argenville, nor the specific
name derived from his figure, is to be found in the MS. The proposed
appellation was _L. vitrea_. "Simillima Cassid, lapillo, sed glabra,
et columella crenata" is the unprinted remark.
B. SPIRATUM. _Morion_ umbilicatus, anfractibus distinctis canaliculo.
The specified colouring was "alba, maculis longitudinalibus fuscis";
"pone bifidum" followed "integrum." The intended name was _M.
canaliculatus_.
B. GLABRATUM. _Morion_ umbilico descendente flexuoso.
d'Arg. Conch t. 12. f. G.
"Testa oblonga, acuminata, obtusiuscula, glaberrima, anfractibus
confluentibus, Neritarum maximarum pondere. Color albo-flavescens,
nitidus. Apertura obliqua, profunde emarginata. Labium exterius
integerrimum. Labium interius antice reflexum adnatum, dein solutum
brevius flexuosum, descendens ad basin. Sulcus profundus distinguit
basin testæ. Umbilicus pone labium interius descendens ad basin sulco".
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