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 581
... LIP FLATTENED . Subdivisions.t * Inflated , rounded , thin , slightly transpa- rent and brittle . ** With a short , exserted , reflected beak , and the outer lip unarmed outwardly . *** Resembling the last division , but the out- er lip ...
... LIP FLATTENED . Subdivisions.t * Inflated , rounded , thin , slightly transpa- rent and brittle . ** With a short , exserted , reflected beak , and the outer lip unarmed outwardly . *** Resembling the last division , but the out- er lip ...
Page 584
... outer lip is thick , mar- ginated , and strongly toothed . SULCOSUM . 5. Shell ovate , with transverse flat ribs ; pillar smooth , and the outer lip toothed and thickened . Buccinum sulcosum . Born Museum , p . 241 . Buccinum fasciatum ...
... outer lip is thick , mar- ginated , and strongly toothed . SULCOSUM . 5. Shell ovate , with transverse flat ribs ; pillar smooth , and the outer lip toothed and thickened . Buccinum sulcosum . Born Museum , p . 241 . Buccinum fasciatum ...
Page 585
... outer lip toothed . Buccinum Australe seu Chinense . Chemnitz , xi . p . 85. t . 188. f . 1804 and 1805 . Inhabits the coasts of Java and China . Chemnitz . It appears , from the description of Chemnitz , that this species . is nearly ...
... outer lip toothed . Buccinum Australe seu Chinense . Chemnitz , xi . p . 85. t . 188. f . 1804 and 1805 . Inhabits the coasts of Java and China . Chemnitz . It appears , from the description of Chemnitz , that this species . is nearly ...
Page 586
... outer lip plaited and toothed within ; spire produced , and composed of six rather inflated whirls . Hav- ing been unable to ascertain this species , I have left it in the place which Gmelin has assigned to it , but it ought proba- bly ...
... outer lip plaited and toothed within ; spire produced , and composed of six rather inflated whirls . Hav- ing been unable to ascertain this species , I have left it in the place which Gmelin has assigned to it , but it ought proba- bly ...
Page 595
... lip is covered , and the longitudinal striæ on the body - whirl will serve to distinguish it from B. undulatum . UNDULATUM . 24. Shell thick , with transverse broad convex ribs ; aperture ... outer lip is much narrower than in BUCCINUM . 595.
... lip is covered , and the longitudinal striæ on the body - whirl will serve to distinguish it from B. undulatum . UNDULATUM . 24. Shell thick , with transverse broad convex ribs ; aperture ... outer lip is much narrower than in BUCCINUM . 595.
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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.