A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells: Arranged According to the Linnæan Method; with Particular Attention to the Synonymy, Volume 2J. and A. Arch, 1817 - 1092 pages |
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Page 582
... Gualter , t . 44. f . T. Seba , iii . t . 69. two first figures . Knorr , v . t . 12. f . 1 . Inhabits the Indian Ocean . Linnæus . China , and the East Indies . Humphreys . Shell two , three , or four inches long , and more than two ...
... Gualter , t . 44. f . T. Seba , iii . t . 69. two first figures . Knorr , v . t . 12. f . 1 . Inhabits the Indian Ocean . Linnæus . China , and the East Indies . Humphreys . Shell two , three , or four inches long , and more than two ...
Page 583
... Gualter , t . 51. f . F. Argenville , t . 17. f . A. Knorr , iii . t . 8. f . 1. Favanne , t . 27. f . A 1 . Variety . Shell rounder , and the spire more distinctly grooved at the sutures , Buccinum maculosum . Solander's MSS . p . 136 ...
... Gualter , t . 51. f . F. Argenville , t . 17. f . A. Knorr , iii . t . 8. f . 1. Favanne , t . 27. f . A 1 . Variety . Shell rounder , and the spire more distinctly grooved at the sutures , Buccinum maculosum . Solander's MSS . p . 136 ...
Page 588
... Gualter , t . 40. f . C. Favanne , t . 26. f . I. Inhabits the coasts of Jamaica . Linnæus . Ascension Island . Lister . Shell about two and a half inches long , and an inch and three- quarters broad , of a cinereous or pale brownish ...
... Gualter , t . 40. f . C. Favanne , t . 26. f . I. Inhabits the coasts of Jamaica . Linnæus . Ascension Island . Lister . Shell about two and a half inches long , and an inch and three- quarters broad , of a cinereous or pale brownish ...
Page 590
... Gualter , t . 40. f . F. Knorr , Seba , iii . t . 73. f . 3 , 4 , and 9 . Favanne , t . 26. f . D 2 . Petiver Amb . t . 5. f . 5 . ii . t . 9. f . 2 , and iv . t . 1 . Regenfuss , i . t . 12. f . 69 . Junior . Buccinum pennatum . Gmelin ...
... Gualter , t . 40. f . F. Knorr , Seba , iii . t . 73. f . 3 , 4 , and 9 . Favanne , t . 26. f . D 2 . Petiver Amb . t . 5. f . 5 . ii . t . 9. f . 2 , and iv . t . 1 . Regenfuss , i . t . 12. f . 69 . Junior . Buccinum pennatum . Gmelin ...
Page 591
... Gualter's t . 41. which is the only figure he has referred to . FLAMMEUM . 17. Shell longitudinally plaited , trans- versely nodulous , and slightly coronated ; plaits on the spire imbricated ; aperture toothed ; beak recurved ...
... Gualter's t . 41. which is the only figure he has referred to . FLAMMEUM . 17. Shell longitudinally plaited , trans- versely nodulous , and slightly coronated ; plaits on the spire imbricated ; aperture toothed ; beak recurved ...
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Amboyna aperture Argenville bands base beak body-whirl Bonanni Rec Born Mus brown colour brownish Bruguiere Enc Buccinum Bulimus Chemnitz Coasts of Amboyna convex Costa Brit Donovan Dorset Cat equally broad Favanne figure Gmelin granulated grooved Gualter half as broad half long Helix Humphreys inch broad inch long Inhabits the coasts Inhabits the Mediterranean inner lip keel Kirch Klein Ost Knorr lines long Linnæus Syst Lister Conch longitudinal plaits margin Martini Maton and Racket Meth Montagu Test Muller Verm Murex Nerita nodulous oblique obtuse outer lip pale Patella Pennant Zool Petiver Amb Petiver Gaz pillar pillar-lip quarter long reddish Regenfuss rows Rumphius Schreibers Conch Schroeter Einl Schroeter Fluss Senegal Shell an inch Shell conical Shell ovate Shell turreted Shell umbilicated slightly smooth species spire spots striæ stripes Strombus summit suture three-quarters toothed Tranquebar Trans transverse ribs transversely striated Trochus tubercles Turbo umbilicus upper Variety ventricose viii whitish wrinkled
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Page 1088 - Griffiths's shells was 5 feet 4 inches, and the circumference of the base 9 inches, tapering upwards to 2J inches. There were other good ones of smaller size. The large specimen was nearly perfect, having a small part of the lower extremity entire. Most of the shells had adhering to them, about one foot or more from the top, the small cockscomb oyster, email serpulae, &c.
Page 1088 - ... had formed a second three inches up the tube, and afterwards a third two inches further on, and had made the sides thicker and thicker, so as to diminish the canal in proportion to the diminution of its own size.
Page 979 - The ends of the pipes have screwthreads worked on the outside of them about an inch and a quarter or an inch and a half long.