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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, 1809-1849; Brown, Thomas, 1785-1862· 11 chapters· 34,426 words

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 P...

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1. Part 1

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...

7. Part 7

_Shell._ With an epidermis, subequivalve, equilateral, depressed, elongated, truncated anteriorly; the summit median and posterior; no trace of ligament; a long fibro-gelatinous...

4. Part 4

_Shell._ Thick, solid, very short or annular, open before and behind; valves equal, equilateral, angular and trenchant before, only touching each other by the opposite edges; no...

8. Part 8

H. Mitchelliana.* H. Vancouverensis.* H. Caroliniensis.* H. Nuttaliana.* H. Columbiana.* H. hirsuta.* H. perspectiva.* H. lineata.* H. multilineata.* H. appressa.* H. palliata.*...

9. Part 9

_Animal._ Body oval, much depressed, slightly spiral posteriorly, provided with a large foot doubly fringed at its circumference; head depressed; tentacula a little flattened; e...

5. Part 5

_Shell._ Transverse, equivalve, valves approximate and close; three primary teeth in the right valve, and a single bifid tooth in the left, inserted into a cavity in the opposit...

6. Part 6

Anodonta magnifica. _Lea._ A. Woodiana. „ A. angulata. „ A. Benedictensis. „ A. cylindracea. „ A. decora. „ A. edentula. „ Anodonta gigantea. _Lea._ A. incerta. „ A. Pepiniana....

10. Part 10

_Shell._ Subdepressed, turriculated, with a produced and pointed spire; aperture oval on account of a rather large excavation of the columellar edge, the right margin dilating w...

11. Part 11

Conus Bandanus. C. Nicobaricus. C. zonatus. C. fuscatus. C. regius. C. marmoreus. C. nocturnus. C. araneosus. C. imperialis. C. viridulus. C. tulipa. C. punctatus. C. musicus. C...

2. Part 2

The _venter_, or belly, is the most prominent part of the lower whorl or body, generally situated in the vicinity of the lip over the aperture; and formed by the convexity of th...

3. Part 3

17. _Canalifera._ Eleven gen. 1. Cerithium. Species 45 2. Pleurotoma. „ 29 3. Turbinella. „ 23 4. Cancellaria. „ 49 5. Fasciolaria. „ 8 6. Fusus. „ 46 7. Pyrula. „ 29 8. Struthi...