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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

Cypræa princeps.
 C. mappa.
 C. tigris.
 C. pantherina.
 C. mauritania.
 C. stercoraria.
 C. aurora.
 C. leucodon.
 C. sulcidentata.
 C. Arabica.
 C. lynx.
 C. vitellus.
 C. carneola.
 C. cinerea.
 C. Reevi.
 C. obscurus.
 C. achatina.
 C. arenosa.
 C. nivosa.
 C. Broderipii.
 C. exanthema.
 C. cervus.
 C. testudinaria.
 C. talpa.
 C. exusta.
 C. argus.
 C. scurra.
 C. pulchra.
 C. Isabella.
 C. controversa.
 C. lurida.
 C. dediculus.
 C. oryza.
 C. coccinella.
 C. Australis.
 C. Childrini.
 C. depauparata.
 C. solandri.
 C. Californica.
 C. suffusa.
 C. Pacifica.
 C. pediculus.
 C. nivea.
 C. oryxa.
 C. stercus-muscarum.
 C. pulex.
 C. fusca.
 C. Europea.
 C. sanguinea.
 C. quadripunctata.
 C. rufescens.
 C. maugeriæ.
 C. aperta.
 C. Adansonii.
 C. caput-serpentis.
 C. Lamarchii.
 C. Cumingii.
 C. Goodalii.
 C. Humphreysii.
 C. Walkeri.
 C. Listeri.
 C. pulchella.
 C. microdon.
 C. Scottii.
 C. mus.
 C. tessellata.
 C. annulata.
 C. Margarita.
 C. cicercula.
 C. globulus.
 C. staphylæa.
 C. tigrina.
 C. cerina.
 C. Argus.
 C. histrio.
 C. alba.
 C. zonata.
 C. icterina.
 C. lota.
 C. ovulata.
 C. helvola.
 C. Arabicula.
 C. pustulata.
 C. nucleus.
 C. limacina.
 C. moneta.
 C. obvelata.
 C. annulus.
 C. radians.
 C. oniscus.
 C. pyriformis.
 C. piperita.
 C. algoensis.
 C. edentula.
 C. similis.
 C. fusco-dentata.
 C. gangrenosa.
 C. bicallosa.
 C. poraria.
 C. guttata.
 C. Xanthodon.
 C. nigro-punctata.
 C. pallida.
 C. zigzag.
 C. moneta.
 C. aurantia.
 C. fimbriata.
 C. variolaria.
 C. erosa.
 C. miliaris.
 C. ratta.
 C. asella.
 C. turda.
 C. adusta.
 C. moniliaris.
 C. ursella.
 C. hirundo.
 C. olivacea.


                       2. Genus _Ovula_. Pl. XII.

_Animal._ As above.

_Shell._ Oblong, convex, distinguished from the Cypræa by the want of a
spire, and by not having teeth on the columellar lip; the two
extremities of the aperture notched, and more or less prolonged like a
tube; left margin dentated. Inhabits the Indian seas. Twelve species.

 Ovula oviformis.
 O. carnea.
 O. verrucosa.
 O. spelta.
 O. angulosa.
 O. hordacea.
 O. birostris.
 O. gibbosa.
 O. volva.
 O. lactea.
 O. triticea.
 O. acicularis.


                    3. Genus _Terebellum_. Pl. XII.

_Animal._ Entirely unknown.

_Shell._ Thin, shining, subcylindrical, involute, pointed posteriorly,
truncated anteriorly; aperture longitudinal, triangular; edges entire;
columella truncated, and prolonged beyond the aperture. Inhabits the
Indian Ocean. Three living species and two fossil.

 Terebellum subulatum.
 T. convolutum.
 T. fusiforme.


                    4. Genus _Ancillaria_. Pl. XII.

_Animal._ Unknown.

_Shell._ Smooth, oval, oblong posteriorly, widened and truncated
anteriorly; aperture oval, somewhat elongated, angular posteriorly; a
wide but not deep slope anteriorly; columella covered anteriorly with an
oblique callous band; right lip obtuse, Inhabits the Australian seas.
Four living species, and five fossil.

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