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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

B. solitaria.*
 B. triticea.*
 B. hiemalis.*
 B. Gouldii.*
 B. lineolata.*


                               FAMILY V.

                        APLYSIACEA. Two genera.


                      1. Genus _Dolabella_. Pl. X.

_Animal._ Body creeping, oblong, narrowed in front; and posteriorly
widened; area round, sloping, and truncated obliquely; margins folded
over the back; four tubular tentacula, disposed in pairs; bronchial
operculum inclosing a shell; orifice dorsal, near the branchiæ.

_Shell._ Oblong, slightly arcuated, thick, callous, and somewhat spiral
on both sides, singular in formation, and its characteristic unlike most
other shells. Inhabits the Isle of France. Two species.

 Dolabella Rumphii.
 D. fragilis.


                       2. Genus _Aplysia_. Pl. X.

_Animal._ Body creeping, oblong, convex above; bordered on each side by
a broad mantle, which covers the back when the animal is in repose; head
and neck elevated, with four tentacula, the two upper ones ear-shaped,
eyes situated near the mouth; dorsal shield semicircular,
subcartilaginous, adhering on one side, and covering the branchial
cavity.

_Shell._ Nearly round, left margin somewhat reflected; outer lip acute;
yellowish horn colored, with brown radiations, and two concentric bands.
Inhabits the Indian seas. Thirty-seven species.

 Aplysia depilans.
 A. teremida.
 A. gigas.
 A. hassetlii.
 A. punctata.
 A. marmorata.
 A. dolabrifera.
 A. ascifera.
 A. petalifera.
 A. unguifera.
 A. Limacina.
 A. Jeachii.
 A. saviguana.
 A. fasciata.
 A. bresili.
 A. dactycomela.
 A. protea.
 A. sorex.
 A. tigrina.
 A. maculauta.
 A. longicauda.
 A. Kerandrenii.
 A. lessonii.
 A. camelus.
 A. alba.
 A. Napolitana.
 A. viridis.
 A. longicornis.
 A. ecaudata.
 A. virescens.
 A. poliana.
 A. fusca.
 A. pleii.
 A. citrini.
 A. undata.
 A. rosea.
 A. Ferrusacii.


                               FAMILY VI.

                         LIMACINA. Five genera.


                        1. Genus _Limax_. Pl. X.

_Animal._ Cuvier merely mentions that the animal is “furnished with a
coriaceous, subrogose shield, with a flat, longitudinal disk beneath;
four tentacula retractile, eyes at the tips; orifice for respiration on
the right side.”

_Shell._ Ovate oblong, both margins reflected; very thin, diaphanous,
slightly wrinkled, of a pale yellow colour. Inhabits the gardens in
Britain and France. Five species.

 Limax rufus.
 L. cinerus.
 L. albus.
 L. agrestis.
 L. punctata.


                       2. Genus _Vitrina_. Pl. X.

_Animal._ Body creeping, elongated, snail shaped, nearly straight;
posteriorly separated from the foot, and spirally wound into a shell.

_Shell._ Small, very thin, depressed, terminated above by a very short
spire, the last whorl very large; aperture large, rounded oval; the left
margin arched, slightly involute. Inhabits dry places of Europe. Three
species.

 Vitrina parilis.
 V. dentilis.
 V. pellucida.


                     3. Genus _Testacella_. Pl. X.

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