_Shell._ Oval, more or less oblique, nearly equivalve, subauriculated,

regularly gaping at the anterior portion of the inferior edge; summits

anterior and distant; hinge buccal, longitudinal, toothless; ligament

rounded, nearly exterior, inserted in an excavation in each valve; a

central muscular impression, divided into three very distinct parts.

Inhabits the Indian, Australasian, American, and Mediterranean seas. Six

living species. Eleven fossil.

Lima inflata.

L. squamosa.

L. annulata.

L. glacialis.

L. fragilis.

L. linguatula.

3. Genus _Pecten_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body more or less compressed, orbicular; mantle furnished with

a single row of tentacular papillæ, and with small oculiform,

pedunculated disks, with regular spaces between them; rudiment of a

canaliculated foot, and a byssus; mouth surrounded with fleshy

appendages, irregularly ramified.

_Shell._ Free, regular, thin, solid, equivalve, equilateral,

auriculated; summits contiguous; hinge toothless, a ligamentous membrane

throughout all its extent, besides a short, thick, ligament, almost

altogether internal, and filling a triangular excavation under the

summit; a single subcentral muscular impression. Found in almost all

seas. Sixty-two species; and, according to Defrance, ninety-eight

fossil.

Pecten maximus.

P. Jacobæus.

P. bifrons.

P. zigzag.

P. medius.

P. Latirentii.

P. pleuronectes.

P. purpuratus.

P. pallius.

P. impricatus.

P. asperimus.

P. varius.

P. glaber.

P. grisens.

P. flabellatus.

P. quadradiatus.

P. Tranquebaricus.

P. hybridus.

P. obliteratus.

P. Magellanicus.

P. lineolaris.

P. nodosus.

P. pusio.

P. gibbus.

P. ornatus.

P. florens.

P. opercularis.

P. tigris.

P. histrionicus.

P. turgidus.

P. aspersus.

P. plicus.

P. rastellus.

P. flagellatus.

P. flavidulus.

P. Japanicus.

P. radulus.

P. pes-felis.

P. sauciatus.

P. aurantius.

P. sinuosus.

P. virgo.

P. Isabella.

P. flexuosa.

P. inflexus.

P. miniaceous.

P. lividus.

P. sulcatus.

P. unicolor.

P. distans.

P. irradians.

P. dispar.

P. Islandicus.

P. sulphureus.

P. pellucidus.

P. sanguineous.

P. senatorius.

P. lunatus.

P. lineatus.

· · · · ·

P. dislocatus.*

P. concentricus.*

P. monotimeris.*

P. Latiauratus*

P. Pealii.*

4. Genus _Plagiostoma_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Entirely unknown.

_Shell._ Moderately thick, regular, free, subequivalve, subauriculated,

the two valves nearly equally dilated, both provided with a distinct

summit reflexed to the middle of a plane surface, with a large

triangular slope in the middle; articulation transverse, straight, and

by two distant lateral condylæ. Ten species. Fossils only.

5. Genus _Plicatula_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Unknown.

_Shell._ Solid, adhering, subirregular, inauriculated, inequivalve,

pointed at the summit, rounded and subplicated posteriorly; inferior

valve without heel; hinge cephalic, longitudinal, provided upon each

valve with two strong teeth, entering in corresponding cavities;

ligament altogether internal and inserted in a median cavity. Inhabits

the American seas. Five species.

Plicatula ramosa.

P. depressa.

P. cristata.

P. Australis.

P. reniformis.

6. Genus _Spondylus_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body moderately compressed, provided inferiorly with a

rudiment of a foot, without byssus; mantle open in all its inferior and

superior portion; mouth surrounded with very thick and fringed lips.

_Shell._ Solid, adhering, subregular, more or less spined,

subauriculated, inequivalve; the right or inferior valve fixed, much

more excavated than the other, and having posteriorly at the summit a

triangular face enlarging, and elongating with age; hinge longitudinal,

provided in each valve with two strong teeth entering corresponding

cavities; ligament short, nearly median, partly exterior; muscular

impression single and subdorsal. Found in all the seas of hot climates,

and even in the Mediterranean. Four or five fossils are found in France,

one in South America. Twenty-one species.

Spondylus candidus.

S. coccineus.

S. spathuliferus.

S. gædaropus.

S. arachnoides.

S. multilamellatus.

S. longitudinalis.

S. costatus.

S. longispinous.

S. regius.

S. variegatus.

S. avicularis.

S. zonalis.

S. crassisquama.

S. ducalis.

S. violascens.

S. microlepos.

S. crocens.

S. radians.

S. aurantius.

· · · · ·

S. Americanus.*

7. Genus _Podopsis_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Unknown.

_Shell._ Subregular, somewhat thick, equilateral, symmetrical,

inequivalve, adhering by the extremity of the shorter valve; the other

terminating in a pointed, reflexed, and median summit. Two fossil

species.

FAMILY XIX.

OSTRACEA. Six genera.

1. Genus _Ostrea_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body compressed, more or less orbicular; edges of the mantle

thick, not adhering or retractile, and provided with a double row of

short and numerous tentacular filaments; two pairs of elongated and

triangular labial appendages; a subcentral bipartite muscle.

_Shell._ Irregular, inequivalve, inequilateral, roughly foliaceous, the

left or inferior valve adhering, larger and deeper than the other, its

summit prolonged with age into a sort of heel; the right or superior

valve more or less operculiform; hinge oral, toothless; ligament

subinterior, short, inserted in an oblong cardinal cavity increasing

with the summit; muscular impression single and subcentral. Found in all

seas near the mouths of rivers. Defrance enumerates one hundred and

twenty species. Lamarck thirty-three fossil, forty-nine living.

Ostrea edulis.

O. ruscuriana.

O. borealis.

O. cochlear.

O. gallina.

O. lingua.

O. Braziliana.

O. rostralis.

O. denticulata.

O. cornucopiæ.

O. doridella.

O. Limacella.

O. hippopus.

O. Adriatica.

O. cristata.

O. numisma.

O. tulipa.

O. scabra.

O. parasitica.

O. spathulata.

O. cucullata.

O. rubella.

O. erucella.

O. labrella.

O. radiata.

O. Canadensis.

O. mytiloides.

O. trapezina.

O. rufa.

O. gibbosa.

O. eliptica.

O. deformis.

O. plicatula.

O. fusca.

O. cristagalli.

O. virginica.

O. excavata.

O. simuata.

O. tuberculata.

O. Magaritacea.

O. Australis.

O. haliotidæa.

O. fucorum.

O. glaucina.

O. turbinata.

O. folia.

O. hyotis.

O. imbricata.

· · · · ·

O. semicylindrica.*

2. Genus _Gryphæa_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Unknown.

_Shell._ More finely lamellated than in the _Ostrea_, free, or slightly

adhering, subequilateral, very inequivalve; the inferior valve very

concave, with a summit more or less recurved in a hook; the superior

opiculiform and much smaller; hinge toothless; ligament inserted in an

elongated and arcuated cavity; a single muscular impression. Habitation

unknown. One species.

Gryphæa augulata.

3. Genus _Vulsella_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body elongated and compressed; mantle much prolonged

posteriorly, and edged with two rows of very close tubercular papillæ; a

moderately large abdominal foot, proboscidiform, canaliculated, without

byssus; a very large transversal mouth with well-developed triangular

labial appendages; branchiæ narrow, very long, and united in nearly all

their extent.

_Shell._ Subnacred, irregular, flat, elongated, subequivalve,

inequilateral, with summits anterior, distant and flexed inferiorly;

hinge oral and toothless; ligament undivided, thick, inserted in a round

pit excavated in a projecting apophysis upon each valve; a moderately

large subcentral muscular impression, and two very small ones altogether

anterior. Inhabits the Indian and Australasian seas. Six living species.

One fossil.

Vulsella hians.

V. rugosa.

V. spongiarum.

V. lingulata.

V. mytilina.

V. ævata.

4. Genus _Placuna_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Entirely unknown.

_Shell._ Free, subirregular, very fine, almost entirely translucid,

flat, subequivalve, subequilateral, slightly auriculated; hinge

altogether internal, formed upon the superior valve, which is the

smaller, by two elongated, unequal, oblique, crests; converging to the

summit, at the internal side of which a ligament is attached in the form

of a V, a single, small, subcentral muscular impression. Inhabits the

Indian seas. Two fossils in France. Three living species.

Placuna sella.

P. papyracea.

P. placenta.

5. Genus _Anomia_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Much compressed; edges of the mantle very fine; not adhering,

and furnished exteriorly with a row of tentacular filaments; contractile

muscle thick, divided into three parts, the largest of which passes

partially across a slope of the inferior valve, and often contains a

calcareous substance or small bone, adhering to marine bodies.

_Shell._ Adhering, irregular, inequivalve, inequilateral, ostraceous;

inferior valve a little flatter than the superior, divided at the summit

into two sloping branches, whose approximation forms a large oval hole;

the superior valve, which is the larger, has an oval excavation under

the summit; a subcentral muscular impression, divided into three parts.

Inhabits the British coasts. Two beautiful species are found on the

shores of Rhode Island and New Jersey. Nine species.

Anomia patellaris.

A. pyriformis.

A. lens.

A. cepa.

A. electrica.

A. membranacea.

A. squamula.

· · · · ·

A. ephippium.*

A. fornicata.*

6. Genus _Crania_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ See Anomia.

_Shell._ Orbicular, the upper valve gibbous and conical; lower valve,

flat, with three perforations. Inhabits the Indian Ocean. One species.

Crania orbicula.

FAMILY XX.

BRACHIOPODA. Three genera.

1. Genus _Orbicula_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body much compressed and rounded; mantle open throughout its

whole circumference; two ciliated tentacular appendages.

_Shell._ Orbicular, much compressed, inequilateral, very inequivalve;

inferior valve very thin, adhering, imperforated, the superior

patelloid, with the summit more or less inclined towards the posterior

side. Inhabits the Norwegian seas. One living species. Two fossil.

Orbicula Norwegica.

2. Genus _Terebratula_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Depressed, circular or oval, more or less elongated, with two,

long, pectinated, labial tentacula.

_Shell._ Thin, inequivalve, regular, subtrigonal; one of the valves

larger and more dilated than the other, which is sometimes operculiform;

hinge condyloid, in a straight line, and formed by two oblique articular

surfaces in one valve placed between corresponding projections in the

other. Inhabits the sea at the Zetland Islands. Two species are found in

America. Thirteen living species. Thirty-eight fossil.

Terebratula dilatata.

T. flavescens.

T. dorsata.

T. Vitrea.

T. dentata.

T. globosa.

T. caput-serpentis.

T. psittacea.

T. rotunda.

T. pisa.

T. sanguinea.

· · · · ·

T. septentrionalis.*

T. truncata.*

3. Genus _Lingula_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Depressed, oval, somewhat elongated, inclosed between two

lobes of a mantle, slit throughout its anterior half, and having

pectinated branchiæ adhering to the internal surface; mouth simple,

having on each side a long tentacular appendage ciliated in all its

external edge, and rolling itself up spirally in the shell.

_Shell._ With an epidermis, subequivalve, equilateral, depressed,

elongated, truncated anteriorly; the summit median and posterior; no

trace of ligament; a long fibro-gelatinous peduncle fixing the shell

vertically to submarine bodies; muscular impression multiple. Inhabits

the Indian Ocean. One species.

Lingula anatina.

CLASS IV.

MOLLUSCA.

Animals soft, inarticulated, furnished with an anterior head, projecting

or salient; most frequently with eyes and tentaculæ, or possessing, at

their summit, arms disposed in the form of a coronet: their mouth either

short, elongated, or tubular, exsertile, and generally armed with hard

parts. Mantle diversified, having its edges free on the sides of the

body, or the lobes united, forming a sack, which in part envelopes the

animal; gills or respiratory organs various, circulation double, one

particular, the other general; heart unilocular, sometimes with the

auricles divided, and very distant; no medullary cord along the body,

but scattered nerves and ganglions. Twenty-two families.

FAMILY I.

PTEROPODA. Six genera.

Some genera of this family are without a testaceous covering, mentioned

only to preserve the family entire.

1. Genus _Hyalæa_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body enclosed in a shell, winged before, two opposite wings,

somewhat retractile, inserted at the sides of the mouth, head distinct,

mouth terminal, placed at the junction of the fins; without eyes.

_Shell._ Symmetrical, very thin and transparent, valves unequal, flat

above, convex below, open like a cleft anteriorly, summit truncated and

tridentated posteriorly. Inhabits the Mediterranean. Two species.

Hyalæa tridentata.

H. cuspidata.

2. Genus _Clio_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body free, naked, more or less elongated, tapering to the

rear, head very distinct; provided with six, long, conical, retractile

tentaculæ, separated into two groups of three each; mouth altogether

terminal and vertical, eyes sessile, rudiment of a foot under the neck.

This is a molluscous animal without any testaceous covering, but is here

placed as leading to other genera which have shells. Inhabits the Indian

seas. Two species.

Clio borealis.

C. Australis.

3. Genus _Cleodora_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body oblong, gelatinous, contractile; a head in front with two

wings, and the posterior part enveloped in a shell, head distinct,

projecting and round; two eyes; mouth in the form of a small beak;

destitute of tentaculæ; two, opposite, membranaceous, pellucid, and

cordated wings, placed at the base of the neck.

_Shell._ Pyramidal, triangular, of a gelatinous or cartilaginous

substance, very thin and transparent; aperture obliquely truncated.

Inhabits the South American seas. Two species.

Cleodora pyramidata.

C. caudata.

4. Genus _Limacina_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body soft, oblong, two branchial fins situated at the base of

the neck; posterior part of the body spiral, and enveloped in a shell.

_Shell._ Thin, fragile, papyraceous, spiral, the whorls reunited in a

planorbis form, and deeply and largely umbilicated on one side; aperture

large and entire. Inhabits the North seas. One species.

Limacina helicialis.

5. Genus _Cymbulia_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body oblong, gelatinous, pellucid, enclosing a shell; head

sessile; two eyes, and two retractile tentacula; mouth with a retractile

proboscis; two, opposite, oblong, ovate, branched wings, connate at

their posterior base.

_Shell._ Gelatinous, cartilaginous, very transparent, crystalline,

oblong, in shape of a shoe, from which it has derived the name of the

slipper, truncated at the summit; aperture lateral and anterior.

Inhabits the Mediterranean. One species.

Cymbulia Peronii.

6. Genus _Pneumodermon_. Pl. IX.

A molluscous animal, without any testaceous covering, and much

resembling the genus Clio. Inhabits the Indian seas. One species.

Pneumodermon Peronii.

FAMILY II.

PHYLLIDIACEA. Six genera.

1. Genus _Phyllidia_. Pl. IX.

A mollusca similar to the preceding genus, without a shell, but its back

covered with a rough or coriaceous skin. Inhabits the Mediterranean.

Three species.

Phyllidia varicosa.

P. pustulosa.

P. ocellata.

2. Genus _Chitonellus_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body creeping, elongated; middle of the back provided its

entire length with a detached, multivalve shell; the alternate pieces

for the most part longitudinal; sides naked; branchiæ disposed around

the body; foot cleft longitudinally by a deep furrow.

_Shell._ Each valve with striæ radiating from its apex; the margins

serrated; the base of the last valve obtuse. The testaceous plates of

this genus are never joined like those of the Chiton, so that the animal

can move in every direction. Upon the contraction of the animal after

death, however, these valves become nearly united. Inhabits the seas of

New Holland. Two species.

Chitonellus striatus.

C. larvæformis.

3. Genus _Chiton_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body creeping, ovate oblong, convex, round at both

extremities; marginated with a coriaceous skin: the back covered by a

longitudinal series of testaceous, transverse, imbricated, and moveable

plates; head before, sessile, with the mouth placed below, destitute of

tentacula or eyes; branchiæ placed round the body, under the margin of

the skin; and orifice at the posterior extremity.

_Shell._ Eight imbricated valves, nearly smooth, slightly carinated, and

rounded at the margins: summit more or less marked and curved by

longitudinal elongations. Inhabits the British and American coasts.

Sixty-three species.

Chiton fulvus.

C. pisceus.

C. ruber.

C. lævis.

C. spinosus.

C. fascicularis.

C. marginatus.

C. crinitus.

C. siculus.

C. niger.

C. spiniferous.

C. coquimbensis.

C. lumingii.

C. granosus.

C. glauco-sinctus.

C. disjunctus.

C. elegans.

C. lineatus.

C. sulcatus.

C. bicolor.

C. cerasimus.

C. Magellanicus.

C. marmoratus.

C. nebulosus.

C. olivaceous.

C. latus.

C. punctatus.

C. viridus.

C. cinerus.

C. tunicatus.

C. gigas.

C. squamosus.

C. Peruvianus.

C. tesselatus.

C. capensis.

C. Carmichaelis.

C. echinatus.

C. striatus.

C. lineolatus.

C. chilensis.

C. tuberculatus.

C. hispidus.

C. thalassimus.

C. porosus.

C. larvaformis.

C. undulatus.

C. luteolus.

C. fuscus.

C. minimus.

C. cimex.

C. ascellus.

C. Icelandicus.

C. fasciatus.

C. setosus.

C. variegatus.

C. asselloides.

C. indus.

C. albas.

C. castaneus.

· · · · ·

C. Emersonii.*

C. fulminatus.*

C. amœna.*

C. alternata.*

C. sagrinatus.*

4. Genus _Patella_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body completely covered by the shell; head with two acute

tentaculæ, and the eyes situated at their exterior base; branchiæ placed

under the mantle and around the body.

_Shell._ This numerous and beautiful genus of Linnæus has been

subdivided into the several distinct genera of Fissurella, Emarginula,

Navicella, Umbrella, Pileopsis, Calyptrea, Crepidula, Parmophora, and

Ancylus; each of which possesses sufficiently well-defined characters to

authorize a separation, by which they may be more easily distinguished

from the still widely extended family of Patella. Oval, conic, or a

little depressed, outside green or brown, sometimes radiated with

various colours; having divergent striæ and concentric wrinkles, inside

glossy, iridescent, with yellow or fawn-coloured, purple, blue, or brown

radiations. Inhabits almost every coast. Forty-nine species.

Patella safiana.

P. testitudinaria.

P. cochlear.

P. compressa.

P. granularis.

P. decaurata.

P. Magellanica.

P. stellifera.

P. vulgata.

P. mammillaris.

P. lineata.

P. leucopleura.

P. notata.

P. Tarentina.

P. punctata.

P. puncturata.

P. Javanica.

P. tuberculifera.

P. miniata.

P. pellucida.

P. tricostata.

P. Australis.

P. apicina.

P. granatina.

P. oculus.

P. Galathia.

P. pectinata.

P. viridula.

P. scutellar.

P. radians.

P. cærulea.

P. plumbia.

P. umbrella.

P. pyramidata.

P. luteola.

P. aspera.

P. spinifera.

P. longicosta.

P. barbata.

P. angulosa.

P. saccharina.

P. laciniosa.

P. plicata.

· · · · ·

P. amœna.*

P. alternata.*

P. alveus.*

P. candida.*

5. Genus _Umbrella_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body very thick and oval, provided with a dorsal shell; foot

large, smooth, and flat, surrounded by a border, anteriorly notched,

attenuated behind; head indistinct; four tentacula, the two upper ones

thick, short, and truncated, the other two thin, and shaped like

pedunculated crests; having foliaceous branchiæ.

_Shell._ External, orbicular, subirregular, nearly flat, slightly convex

above, white, with apex near the middle; margin acute, internal surface

rather concave; having a callous disk, coloured, depressed in the

centre, surrounded by a smooth border. Inhabits the Indian Ocean. Two

species.

Umbrella Indica.

U. Mediterranea.

6. Genus _Pleurobranchus_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body creeping, fleshy; mantle and foot expanded; branchiæ

placed on the right side; cloak enveloping the shell; neck short,

contracted in some species, with an emarginate front, exhibiting the

commencement of the inferior tentacula, the upper ones tubular and

cloven; gills at the edge of the dorsal plait, mouth provided with a

short, retractile proboscis.

_Shell._ Depressed, oval, oblong, concentrically wrinkled, almost

entirely open, rounded and convoluted; the vertex with a single turn.

Inhabits the coast of Devonshire in England. Two species.

Pleurobranchus Peronii.

P. Laqueare.

FAMILY III.

CALYPTRACEA. Seven genera.

1. Genus _Parmophorus_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body creeping, thick, oblong-ovate, broad behind, obtuse at

the extremities; border of the mantle cleft before, and suspended

vertically around; head distinct, and slit below; two conical contracted

tentacula, at the base of which are placed the eyes, which are somewhat

pedunculated; mouth below, funnel-shaped, oblique, truncated, and

concealed; branchial cavity opening anteriorly behind the head by a

transverse fissure.

_Shell._ Oblong, very depressed, slightly convex above, obtuse at

extremities, anteriorly channeled by a slight sinus, and having towards

the posterior part a small pointed apex, inclined backwards; the lower

surface slightly concave. Inhabits the Australian seas. Four species.

One fossil.

Parmophorus Australis.

P. brevicula.

P. granulata.

P. ambigua.

2. Genus _Emarginula_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ Body creeping, with two, conical, tentacular eyes at the

external base; mantle large, partly covering the margin of the shell;

foot very large and thick.

_Shell._ Shield-like, conical; summit inclined; the cavity simple,

having a notch or hollow cut on its posterior margin; shells of this

genus are generally very small. Inhabits the British seas. Five species.

Emarginula Blainvillii.

E. Cuvierii.

E. fissura.

E. rubra.

E. marginata.

3. Genus _Fissurella_. Pl. IX.

_Animal._ With the head truncated in front; two conical tentacula, with

eyes at their exterior base; mouth simple, terminal, and destitute of

jaws; two pectinated branchiæ projecting from the cavity; mantle large,

protruding beyond the shell.

_Shell._ Shield-shaped, conical recurved, summit entire, depressed,

concave below, perforated at the summit in the form of a key hole,

without a spire; the exterior surface ribbed longitudinally. Inhabits

the European and American seas. Twenty-two species.

Fissurella Cayennensis.

F. lilacina.

F. Javanicensis.

F. fascicularis.

F. rosea.

F. Barbadensis.

F. radiata.

F. nodosa.

F. nimbosa.

F. crassa.

F. Græca.

F. picta.

F. pustula.

F. hiantula.

F. viridula.

F. depressa.

F. Peruviana.

F. gibberula.

F. minuta.

F. plicata.

· · · · ·

F. alternata.*

F. redimicula.*

4. Genus _Pileopsis_. Pl. X.

_Animal._ With two conical tentacula, and the eyes at their base;

branchiæ formed in a row under the anterior margin of the cavity, near

the neck.

_Shell._ Obliquely conical, anteriorly recurved, apex bent, almost

spiral; aperture rounded, elliptical, the anterior margin shortest,

acute, slightly sinuated; the posterior largest and rounded. One

elongated and arched muscular impression, situated under the posterior

margin. Inhabits the seas of Europe. Nine species.

Pileopsis intorta.

P. subrufa.

P. spirirostris.

P. retortella.

P. ungarica.

P. mitula.

P. pennata.

P. squamæformis.

P. depressa.

5. Genus _Calyptrea_. Pl. X.

_Animal._ The same as preceding genus.

_Shell._ This genus derives its common name, “the Cup-and-Saucer

Limpit,” by having in the interior cavity a cup-shaped appendage, which

is sometimes vertical, and sometimes like a horse-shoe, with a muscular

impression of variable form, vertex ending in a small volution; smooth,

margin entire, very glossy within, and provided with a laminar plate.

Inhabits the Chinese and S. American seas. Nine species.

Calyptrea porcellana.

C. equestris.

C. fornicata.

C. peziza.

C. angulata.

C. tecum-sinense.

C. scutellata.

C. poculum.

· · · · ·

C. striata.*

6. Genus _Crepidula_. Pl. X.

_Animal._ Head anteriorly forked, having two conical tentacula, with the

eyes placed at their exterior base; mouth simple, destitute of jaws, and

situated in the bifurcation of the head; branchiæ with tufts and

projecting from the branchial cavity; the mantle never bordering the

shell; foot minute, orifice lateral.

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. · 第 5 / 10 段