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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._ Wide, rough, ovate; spire very short; aperture very large, oval
and sloped anteriorly; the edges united, the right very thick and
dentated; muscular impression almost in form of a horse-shoe; operculum
horny and rudimentary. It was formerly considered a Patella, from which
it differs by the operculum. One species.

 Concholepas Peruvianus.


                       7. Genus _Harpa_. Pl. XII.

_Animal._ Unknown.

_Shell._ Oval, inflated, rather thin, with longitudinal parallel ribs,
formed by the preservation of the band of the right margin; the spire
very short and pointed, the last whorl much longer than all the others
together; aperture large, ovate, with a wide slope anteriorly; the right
edge much hollowed, and thickened outwardly; the columella smooth and
terminated in a point anteriorly. A beautiful genus. Found in the Indian
Ocean. Nine species.

 Harpa imperialis.
 H. ventricosa.
 H. conoidalis.
 H. minor.
 H. nobilis.
 H. articularis.
 H. rosea.
 H. striata.
 H. mutica.


                      8. Genus _Dolium_. Pl. XII.

_Animal._ As in _Purpura_.

_Shell._ Subglobular, thin, surrounded by decurrent flutings; spire very
short, the last whorl much larger than all the others together; aperture
oblong, very large, on account of the great excavation of the right
edge, which is crenated throughout its length; columella twisted. Found
in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean seas. Seven species.

 Dolium galea.
 D. fasciatum.
 D. pomum.
 D. variegatum.
 D. perdix.
 D. olearium.
 D. maculatum.


                     9. Genus _Buccinum_. Pl. XII.

_Animal._ See _Purpura_.

_Shell._ With a light epidermis, oval, elongated; the spire moderately
elevated; aperture oblong, oval, notched, sometimes subcanaliculated
anteriorly; right edge thick, not reflexed; columella simple and dilated
superiorly; operculum horny, complete, and oval. Found in all seas.
Sixty-six living. Fourteen fossil.

 Buccinum undatum.
 B. papyraceum.
 B. tenniplicatum.
 B. levigatum.
 B. crenulatum.
 B. lineatum.
 B. maculosum.
 B. mutabile.
 B. ventricosum.
 B. fasciatum.
 B. arcularia.
 B. pauperatum.
 B. achatinum.
 B. olivaceum.
 B. Brazilianum.
 B. vinosum.
 B. Ascanias.
 B. aciculatum.
 B. glaciale.
 B. annulatum.
 B. reticulatum.
 B. fuscatum.
 B. politum.
 B. inflatum.
 B. gemmulatum.
 B. miga.
 B. coronatum.
 B. neriteum.
 B. glans.
 B. canaliculatum.
 B. semiconvexum.
 B. corniculatum.
 B. Anglicanum.
 B. lævissimum.
 B. Tranquebaricum.
 B. lineolatum.
 B. suturale.
 B. retusum.
 B. Coromandelianum.
 B. lyratum.
 B. Thersites.
 B. testudineum.
 B. papillosum.
 B. tricarinatum.
 B. fasciolatum.
 B. subspinosum.
 B. flexuosum.
 B. cribarium.
 B. grana.
 B. zebra.
 B. aurantium.
 B. gibbolusum.
 B. marginulatum.
 B. coccinella.
 B. dermestoideum.
 B. pediculare.
 B. pullus.
 B. polygonatum.

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 B. ornatum.*
 B. trivittata.*
 B. acuta.*
 B. alba.*
 B. vibex.*
 B. obsoleta.*
 B. unicincta.*
 B. lunata.*

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