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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

H. Mitchelliana.*
 H. Vancouverensis.*
 H. Caroliniensis.*
 H. Nuttaliana.*
 H. Columbiana.*
 H. hirsuta.*
 H. perspectiva.*
 H. lineata.*
 H. multilineata.*
 H. appressa.*
 H. palliata.*
 H. Californiensis.*
 H. Townsendiana.*
 H. Nichliniana.*
 H. Oregonensis.*
 H. magnifica.*
 H. profunda.*
 H. albolabris.*
 H. alternata.*
 H. irrorata.*
 H. inorata.*
 H. indentata.*
 H. inflecta.*
 H. clausa.*
 H. obstricta.*
 H. elevata.*
 H. interna.*
 H. chersina.*
 H. gularis.*
 H. ligera.*
 H. solitaria.*
 H. jejuna.*
 H. concava.*
 H. fallax.*
 H. egena.*
 H. arboreus.*
 H. glaphyra.*
 H. Thyroides.*
 H. labyrinthica.*
 H. major.*
 H. Pennsylvanica.*
 H. subglobosa.*
 H. Zaleta*
 H. dentifera.*
 H. delabata.*


                      2. Genus _Carocolla_. Pl. X.

The _Animal_ of this and the following genera of this family are
precisely the same as in Helix.

_Shell._ Orbicular, more or less convex or conoidal above; the
circumference or periphery angulated or keeled; aperture transverse,
contiguous to the axis of the shell; the right margin or lip subangular,
often toothed or plaited beneath. Inhabits dry situations in Europe and
America. Twenty-two species.

 Carocolla acutistima.
 C. albilabris.
 C. angistoma.
 C. labyrinthus.
 C. lucerna.
 C. inflata.
 C. hispidula.
 C. Gaulteriana.
 C. albella.
 C. bicolor.
 C. Mauritiana.
 C. Madagascarensis.
 C. marginata.
 C. lychnuchus.
 C. planata.
 C. planaria.
 C. lapicida.
 C. elegans.

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 C. Hydiana.*
 C. helicoides* (new species) _Lea_.
 C. grata.*
 C. Spinosa* (new species) _Lea_.


                      3. Genus _Achatina_. Pl. X.

_Animal._ See Helix.

_Shell._ Variable in form, but generally subturriculated, oval or
oblong, aperture entire, the right lip sharp, never reflected, columella
smooth, of which the anterior extremity is always open and truncated.
Inhabits South America. Twenty-four species.

 Achatina perdix.
 A. immaculata.
 A. acuta.
 A. Mauritania.
 A. ustulata.
 A. virginea.
 A. Marminii.
 A. fusco-lineata.
 A. columnaria.
 A. acicula.
 A. zebra.
 A. purpurea.
 A. bicarinata.
 A. castanea.
 A. vexillum.
 A. Priamus.
 A. Peruviana.
 A. albo-lineata.
 A. fulminea.
 A. folliculus.
 A. oleacea.

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 A. glans.*
 A. Vanuxemensis.*
 A. solida.*


                      4. Genus _Anostoma_. Pl. X.

_Animal._ See Helix.

_Shell._ Somewhat extraordinary in its formation, orbicular, the spire
convex and obtuse, aperture round, dentated grinning, turned upwards to
the side of the spire, margin of the lip reflected. Lakes in America and
the Sandwich Islands. Three species.

 Anostoma dentata.
 Anostoma depressa.

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 A. globosa.*


                      5. Genus _Helicina_. Pl. X.

_Animal._ See Helix.

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