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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

_Animal._ Body elongated, conical, sub-vermiform, enveloped in a fistula
mantle as far as the anterior third, and ending in a bourrelet pierced
in its middle by an orifice with fringed edges; foot altogether
anterior, proboscidiform, terminated by a conical appendage, contained
in a kind of cup with festooned edges; head distinct, oval, with a
terminal mouth in the middle of a digitated lip; a pair of lateral jaws,
formed each of two little oval shells garnished with points.

_Shell._ Tubular, regular, symmetrical, slightly curved longitudinally,
tapering gradually to the rear, and opening in a round orifice at each
end. Inhabits the British seas. Twenty-one species.

 Dentalium elephantinum.
 D. aprinum.
 D. sulcatum.
 D. fasciatum.
 D. pseudo-antalis.
 D. radicula.
 D. antalis.
 D. arictinum.
 D. octogonum.
 D. deforme.
 D. novemcostatum.
 D. sexangulaire.
 D. striatum.
 D. dentalis.
 D. corneum.
 D. nigrum.
 D. politum.
 D. eburneum.
 D. clava.
 D. fissura.
 D. coarctatum.


                              FAMILY III.

                       AMPHITRITÆA. Four Genera.


                     1. Genus _Pectinaria_. Pl. V.

_Animal._ Respiratory organs in general known, and disposed at or near
the anterior part of the body; not separated or covered by an operculum.

_Shell._ A membranous papyraceous tube in the form of a reversed cone;
unfixed; exterior covered with sandy adhesions. Two species.

 Pectinaria capensis.

 P. belgica.*


                     2. Genus _Sabellaria_. Pl. V.

_Animal._ But slightly differing from the Pectinaria.

_Shell._ Tubes numerous, united in a common mass, composed of
agglutinated particles of marine substances, cellular at the base;
orifice expanded. Found in the Indian Ocean. Two species.

 Sabellaria alveolata.
 S. crassissima.


                      3. Genus _Terebella_. Pl. V.

_Animal._ Body tubicular, elongated, cylindrically depressed, attenuated
posteriorly; a row of nodulous and setiferous papillæ on each side;
numerous filiform, twisted tentacula surrounding the mouth.

_Shell._ An elongated cylindrical and membranous tube with lash-like
appendages at the end; covered with adhesions of sand and shells.
Inhabits the coast of New Holland. Four species.

 Terebella conchilega.
 T. ventricosa.
 T. cristata.
 T. vermicuta.


                     4. Genus _Amphitrite_. Pl. V.

_Animal._ Body tubicular, elongated, cylindrical, attenuated behind with
many annulated segments.

_Shell._ An elongated cylindrical tube growing thinner towards the base,
of a tough membranous texture, and generally without adhesions.
Mediterranean sea. Seven species.

 Amphitrite ventilabra.
 A. penicilla.
 A. magnifica.
 A. vesiculosa.
 A. volutacornis.
 A. infundibula.
 A. minima.


                               FAMILY IV.

                        SERPULACEA. Five Genera.


                      1. Genus _Spirorbis_. Pl. V.

_Animal._ Gills or respiratory organs separated or covered by an
operculum.

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