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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

_Shell._ Of a somewhat variable form, generally striated longitudinally
and much compressed, equivalved, more or less inequilateral; the
anterior side almost always longer and more rounded than the posterior,
which constantly presents a flexuous fold, at least at its inferior
edge; summits feebly marked; hinge similar; one or two cardinal teeth;
two lateral teeth, far apart with a pit at their base in each valve;
ligament posterior, large; round muscular impressions. The finest
species of this beautiful shell are found in the pearl fisheries of
Ceylon; and numerous species on the American shore. Sixty-eight species.

 Tellina unimaculata.
 T. virgata.
 T. semizonalis.
 T. staurella.
 T. lutirostra.
 T. rostrata.
 T. Spengleri.
 T. radiata.
 T. crucigera.
 T. elliptica.
 T. albinella.
 T. rosea.
 T. foliacea.
 T. operculata.
 T. chloraleuca.
 T. remies.
 T. sulcata.
 T. crassa.
 T. exilis.
 T. donacina.
 T. nitida.
 T. striatula.
 T. decussata.
 T. obliqua.
 T. nymphalis.
 T. capsoides.
 T. seradiata.
 T. margaritina.
 T. strigosa.
 T. planata.
 T. depressa.
 T. pulchella.
 T. fabula.
 T. tenuis.
 T. sulphurea.
 T. cornuta.
 T. iris.
 T. levigata.
 T. linguafelis.
 T. rugosa.
 T. lacunosa.
 T. gargadia.
 T. pristis.
 T. gigas.
 T. scalaris.
 T. psammotella.
 T. scobinata.
 T. Brasiliana.
 T. umbonella.
 T. deltoidalis.
 T. multangula.
 T. solidula.
 T. polygona.

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 T. ostracea.*
 T. intastriata.*
 T. polita.*
 T. tenera.*
 T. flexuosa.*
 T. secta.*
 T. decorate.*
 T. lateralis.*
 T. alternata.*
 T. vimaculata.*
 T. pumicea.*
 T. alta.*
 T. nasuta.*
 T. lineata.*
 T. sordida.*


                    5. Genus _Tellinides_. Pl. VII.

_Animal._ As above.

This genus is very nearly allied to the Psammobia, Tellina, and Lucina,
but upon close examination it will be found to be distinct from either.

_Shell._ Equilateral, transverse, somewhat elongated, nearly without the
flexuous plait; two divergent cardinal teeth, of which the anterior is
but little distant from the summit. Inhabits the Bay of Naples. Two
species. One species is found on the shores of America.

 Tellinides Timorensis.

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 T. rosea.*


                      6. Genus _Corbis_. Pl. VII.

_Animal._ Differing slightly from the Lucina.

This genus was classed by Lamarck with the Lucina, but the great
difference in the organization of the animals discovered by Cuvier, has
made this a distinct genus.

_Shell._ Equivalve, transverse, without any irregular fold on the
anterior margin, having the beaks flexed inward and opposite; two
cardinal teeth; two lateral, the posterior of which is nearest the
hinge; muscular impressions simple, ligament external. Inhabits the
Indian Ocean.

 Corbis fimbriata.
 C. maculata.


                      7. Genus _Lucina_. Pl. VII.

_Animal._ Very imperfectly known.

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