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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

Bulimus ovatus.
 B. hæmastomus.
 B. gallina.
 B. sultana.
 B. zigzag.
 B. multifasciatus.
 B. Bengalensis.
 B. Caribæorum.
 B. octonus.
 B. terebraster.
 B. undatus.
 B. Richii.
 B. inversus.
 B. citrinus.
 B. sultanus.
 B. Pythogaster.
 B. ovoideus.
 B. interruptus.
 B. Peruvianus.
 B. Favannii.
 B. Kambeul.
 B. papyraceus.
 B. calcareus.
 B. decollatus.
 B. Lyonetianus.
 B. inflatus.
 B. radiatus.
 B. fragilis.
 B. Guadalupensis.
 B. Mexicanus.
 B. articulatus.
 B. acutus.
 B. scobinatus.
 B. planidens.
 B. ventricosus.
 B. montanus.
 B. hordaceus.
 B. lubricus.
 B. iostoma.
 B. geniostoma.
 B. odontostoma.
 B. formosus.
 B. Listeri.
 B. Kingii.
 B. Dufresnii.
 B. pulcher.
 B. maugeri.
 B. lævis.
 B. auris leporis.
 B. vexillum.

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 B. glandiformis.*
 B. parvus.*
 B. virgo.*
 B. gracilis.*
 B. Gibbonius.*
 B. multilatus.*
 B. maculatus.*
 B. Pealianus.*
 B. lacteus.*
 B. decoratus.*
 B. Columbianus.*
 B. multilineatus.*
 B. corneus.*


                      9. Genus _Succinea_. Pl. X.

_Animal._ See Helix.

_Shell._ Terrestrial, very thin, pellucid, ovate oblong, with a conical,
pointed spire, formed of only one or two whorls; aperture very large and
oval, edges disunited; right edge always acute, the left arched, formed
by a smooth attenuated columella. The shells of this genus never having
their lip thickened or reflected, distinguish them from those of the
genus Bulimus, to which they bear a strong resemblance. Inhabits the
sides of ditches and lakes, both in Europe and America. Seven species.

 Succinea cuculata.
 S. amphibia.
 S. rubescens.
 S. oblonga.
 S. patula.
 S. pellucida.

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 S. aperta.*


                      10. Genus _Auricula_. Pl. X.

_Animal._ See Helix.

_Shell._ Solid, thick, and smooth, oval, oblong spire very obtuse,
aperture entire, enlarged, ear-shaped, much contracted behind; edges not
united, right lip thick and generally reflected outwardly; the left or
columella with one or more teeth or callous plaits. This genus derives
its name from its resemblance to the ears of certain animals. It is a
land shell found chiefly in the East and West India Islands. Sixteen
species.

 Auricula Midæ.
 A. Judæ.
 A. sileni.
 A. leporis.
 A. felis.
 A. Dombeiana.
 A. nitens.
 A. angiostoma.
 A. scarabæus.
 A. bovina.
 A. caprella.
 A. myosotis.
 A. minima.
 A. coniformis.
 A. monill.
 A. labrella.


                     11. Genus _Cyclostoma_. Pl. X.

_Animal._ See Helix.

_Shell._ Terrestrial, distinguished from the preceding genera by a
perfectly round aperture, reflected lip, and horny operculum, summit
papillose; left edge having its origin very detached from the spire.
Inhabits the East Indies. A few species are found in America.
Thirty-eight species.

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