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The Conchologist's First Book: A System of Testaceous Malacology, Arranged Expressly for the Use of Schools, in Which the Animals, According to Cuvier, Are Given With the Shells, a Great Number of New Species Added, and the Whole Brought Up, as Accurately as Possible, to the Present Condition of the Science.Poe, Edgar Allan

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The Conchologist's First Book: A System of Testaceous Malacology, Arranged Expressly for the Use of Schools, in Which the Animals, According to Cuvier, Are Given With the Shells, a Great Number of New Species Added, and the Whole Brought Up, as Accurately as Possible, to the Present Condition of the Science.

Name: The Conchologist's First Book: A System of Testaceous Malacology, Arranged Expressly for the Use of Schools, in Which the Animals, According to Cuvier, Are Given With the Shells, a Great Number of New Species Added, and the Whole Brought Up, as Accurately as Possible, to the Present Condition of the Science.
Author: Poe, Edgar Allan

Poe, Edgar Allan

Mollusks

17.  _Canalifera._         Eleven gen.
                    1. Cerithium.          Species       45
                    2. Pleurotoma.            „          29
                    3. Turbinella.            „          23
                    4. Cancellaria.           „          49
                    5. Fasciolaria.           „           8
                    6. Fusus.                 „          46
                    7. Pyrula.                „          29
                    8. Struthiolaria.      Species        2
                    9. Ranella.               „          15
                   10. Murex.                 „          73
                   11. Triton.                „          31

              18. _Alata._              Three genera.
                    1. Rostellaria.        Species        4
                    2. Pterecera.             „           7
                    3. Strombus.              „          32

              19. _Purpurifera._         Eleven gen.
                    1. Cassidaria.         Species        5
                    2. Cassis.                „          25
                    3. Ricinula.              „           9
                    4. Purpura.               „          62
                    5. Monoceros.             „           5
                    6. Concholepas.           „           1
                    7. Harpa.                 „           9
                    8. Dolium.                „           7
                    9. Buccinum.              „          66
                   10. Eburna.                „           5
                   11. Terebra.               „          24

              20. _Columellaria._       Five genera.
                    1. Columbella.         Species       20
                    2. Mitra.                 „          80
                    3. Voluta.                „          44
                    4. Marginellæ.            „          24
                    5. Volvaria.              „           7

              21. _Convoluta._           Six genera.
                    1. Cypræa.             Species      118
                    2. Ovula.                 „          12
                    3. Terebellum.            „           3
                    4. Ancillaria.            „           4
                    5. Oliva.                 „          63
                    6. Conus.                 „         181

              22. _Nautilacea._          Two genera.
                    1. Spirula.            Species        1
                    2. Nautilus.              „           2

              23. _Heteropoda._          Two genera.
                    1. Argonauta.          Species        3
                    2. Carinaria.             „           3

The American species are designated by a *.

[Illustration:

  _Pl. 1._

  _Parts of Shells_

  _P.S. Duval, Lith. Phil^a._
]

[Illustration:

  _Pl. 2._

  _Parts of Shells._

  _P.S. Duval, Lith. Phil^a._
]

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