The Conchologist’s First Book — Edgar A. Poe, 1839 — reading text

in the Indian and Equatorial seas. ‘Thirty-two living species. Five fossil. Strombus gigas. Strombus accipitrinus. S. latissimus. S. tricornis. S. Canarium. S. Isabella. S. vittatus. S. epidromis. S. gallus. S. bituberculatus. S. cristatus. S. dilatatus. S. pubonius. S. lentiginosus. S. auris-Diane. S. pugilis, S. pyrulatus. S. gibberulus. S. Luhnanus. S. Mauritianus. S. colomba. S. succinctus. S. troglodytes, S. tridentatus, S. urceus. S. plicatus. S. Floridus.* S. papilio. 128 CONCHOLOGY. S. lineatus. _ §. marginatus. S. turritus. S. cancellatus. " FAMILY XIX. PurrurirERa. Eleven genera. 1. Genus Cassidaria. PI. XII. Animal. Somewhat elongated, widened anteriorly ; mantle with simple edges and provided with a distinct tube; foot very wide, elliptical, sub-bilolate anteriorly, and having a large opercu. lum upon the dorsal face of its posterior part; head wide and in- distinct ; tentacula anterior, approximating at base, sub-cylin- drical, and having the eyes at two-thirds of their length; mouth inferior, concealed by the foot ; two pectiniform branchie, nearly parallel. Sheil. Sub-globular, tuberculated or channelled, with a short pointed spire; aperture long, ovate, subcanaliculated anteriorly ; right edge folded back; columella covered by a wide smooth callosity uniting posteriorly with the right edge. Inhabits all seas except the Northern. Five living species. Seven fossil. Cassidaria echinophora. Cassidaria striata. C. Tyrrhena. C. oniscus. C. cingulata. 2. Genus Cassis. Pl. XII. Animal. Spiral, with the foot (which is shorter than the shell) rounded anteriorly ; mantle provided, before the respiratory cavity, with along open canal, used as an organ of prehension; head furnished ; a single pair of blackish tentacula, having the eyes at an inflation about half way from the base; mouth armed with a proboscis. Shell. Inflated, oval, subinvolute; spire slightly projecting aperture long, oval, sometimes very narrow, terminated anteriorly by a very short canal, sloped, and flexed obliquely towards the back; columelia covered by a large callosity, indented throughout its length ; operculum horny. Found in the Indian, Mediterra- nean, and Equatorial seas, ‘I'wenty-five living species, Eight fossil. 9 CONCHOLOGY. 129 Cassis cornuta. Cassis crumena. C. flammea. C. zebra. C. rufa. C. sulcosa. C. achatina. C. canaliculata. C. areola. C. semigranosa. C. abbreviata. C. Madagascariensis. C. saburon. C. glauca. C. Ceylonica. C. testiculus. C. erinaceus. C, plicaria. C. tuberosa. C. decussata. C. fascinata. C. granulosa. C. pennata. C. pyrum. C. vibex. 3. Genus Ricinula. Pl. XII. Animal. As above. Shell. Oval or subglobular, thick, armed with points and with a depressed spire ; aperture narrow, elongated, notched, sometimes canaliculated anteriorly and digitated exterior!y ; left edge more or less callous; operculum horny, oval, and transverse. Found in the Indian seas. Nine living species. Ricinula horrida. Ricinula clathrata. R. arachnoidea. R. miticula. R. digitata. R. pisolina. R. aspera. R. morus. R. mutica. 4,Genus Purpura. Pl. XII. Animal. As above. Shell. Oval, tuberculated, thick; "spire short, the last whorl much larger than all the others united; aperture oval, greatly dilated, terminated anteriorly by a short, oblique canal notched at the extremity; the cclumellar edge nearly straight, covered with a callosity ; operculum horny, flat, nearly semicircular, ‘with faintly marked transverse strie. Found in the European and South American seas. Fifty-five species. Purpura Persica. Purpura Francovlinus. P. columellaria. P. cruentata. oy 180 | a, Animal. Shell. Animal. % P, armigera. P. undata. P. bufo. P. planospira. . carinifera, . squamosa. sertum. ligata. . imbricata. bicostalis. thiarella. echinulata. unifascialis. clavus. bizonalis. bulbus. cariosa. . Rudolphi. . succincta. Ra ae aaa a a a a . hemastoma. 5 oe . callifera. fo) oO Fe, . Tugosa, . bitubercularis. . scalariformis. CONCHOLOGY. P. tectum. 5. Genus Monoceros. As above. M. imbricatum. Ry P. 3 ot - rustica. ro gg eg z lagenaria. plicata. . hystrix. . retusa. . fasciolaris. - nucleus. . subrostrata. . patula. consul. hippocastana. . mancinella. . Neritoides. coronata. sacella. . textilosa. - lambosa. lapillus. . cateracta. fiscella. . semi-imbricata. deltoides. irddhlea, . vexillum. . distorta. Pl, XII. Differs only from the Purpura by a long, conical pointed, somewhat reflexed tooth in the outer lip. Five species. Monoceros cinqulatum: Monoceros striatum. M. glabratum. M. crassilabrum: 6. Genus Concholepus. Pl. XII. Entirely unknown. CONCHOLOGY. - e i I . Shell. Wide, rough, ovate; spire very short; aperture very large, oval and sloped anteriorly ; the edges united, the right very thick and dentated; muscular impression almost in form of a horse-shoe ; operculum horny and rudimentary. It was formerly, considered a Patella, from which it differs by the operculum. One species. _ Concholepas Peruvianus. 7. Genus Harpa. Pl. XII. Animal. Unknown. Shell. Oval, inflated, rather thin, with longitudinal parallel ribs formed by the preservation of the band of the right margin ; the spire very short and pointed, the last whorl much longer than all the others together; aperture large, ovate, with a wide slope anteriorly ; the right edge much hollowed, and thickened out- wardly ; the columella smooth and terminated in a point ante- riorly. A beautifulgenus. Found in the Indian Ocean. Eight species. Harpa imperialis. Harpa nobilis. H. ventricosa. H. articularis. H. conoidalis. H. rosea. H. minor. H. striata. ‘ a 8. Genus Dolium. Pl. XII. Animal. Asin Purpura. Shell. Subglobular, thin, surrounded by decurrent flutings ; spire very short, the last whorl much larger than all the others together; aperture oblong, very large, on account of the great excavation of the right edge, which is crenated throughout its length ; columella twisted. Found in the Indian Ocean and Medi- terranean seas. Seven species. Dolium galea. Dolium variegatum. D. fasciatum. D. perdix. D. pomun. D. olearium. D. maculatum. 9. Genus Buccinum. PI. XII. Animal. See Purpura. -* . 132 CONCHOLOGY. wig Shell. With a light epidermis, oval, elongated; the spire moderately elevated; aperture oblong, oval, notched, sometimes subcanaliculated anteriorly ; right edge thick, not reflexed; colu- mella simple and dilated superiorly ; operculum horny, complete and oval. Found in all seas. Fifty-eight living. Fourteen fossil. Buccinum undatum,. B. papyraceum. B. crenulatum. B. lineatum. B. maculosum. B. mutabile. B. ventricosum. B. fasciatum. B. arcularia. B. pauperatum. B. achatinum. B. olivaceum. B. Brazilianum. B. vinosum. B. Ascanias. B. aciculatum. B. glaciale. B. annulatum. B. reticvlatum. B. fuscatum. B. politum. B. inflatum. . gemmulatum. wt B. miga. B. coronatum. B. neriteum. B. glans. B. canaliculatum. B. semiconvexum. 10. Genus Edurna. Animal. Entirely unknown. Buccinum tenniplicatum. B. levigatum. B. corniculatum. B. Anglicanum. B. levissimum. B. Tranquebaricum. B. lineolatum. B. suturale. B. retusum. B. Caromandelianum. B. lyratum. B. Thersites. B. testudineum. B. papillosum. B. tricarinatum. B. fasciolatum. B. subspinosum. B. flexuosum. B. cribarium. B. grana. B. zebra. B. aurantium. B. gibbolusum. B. marginulatum. B. coccinella. B. dermestoideum. B. pediculare. B. pullus. B. polygonatum. Pl. XII. * CONCHOLOGY. 133 Shell. Oval or elongated, smooth ; spire pointed, its whorls as if softened off; aperture ovate, elongated, widely notched anteri- orly ; the right margin entire; columella callous posteriorly, um bilicated, and subcanaliculated at its left side; an operculum. Found in the Indian and South American seas. Five species. Eburna glabrata. Eburna spriata. E. Ceylonica. E. areolata. E. lutosa. 11. Genus Terebra. Pl. XII. Animal. Spiral and high ; foot oval with a transverse anterior furrow, and two lateral auricles; head bordered with a small fringe ; tentacula cylindrical, terminating in a point and very dis- tant; eyes indistinct, situated at the root, and at the external side of the tentacula ; mouth without proboscis; tube of the respiratory cavity very long. Shell. Without epidermis, ovate, with a pointed spire, low, or subturriculated ; aperture wide, oval, with a strong slope anteri- orly ; lower end of the columella twisted. Found in tropical seas. Twenty-four species. Terebra maculata. Terebra Senegalensis. T. crenulata. T. cingulifera. T.. dimidiata. T. scabrella. T. raphanula. T. lanceata. T. muscaria. T. granulosa. T. flammea. T. duplicata. T. striatula. T. corrugata. T. chlorata. T. cerulescens. T. cerithina. T. myuros, T. subulata, T. strigilata. T. oculata. T. aciculina. T. Babylonica. T. vittata. 13 434 CONCHOLOGY. ah FAMILY XX. CotumMEtLarta. Five genera. 1. Genus Colinbella. Pi xi Animal. Imperfectly known; eyes placed much below the middle of the tentacula. Shell. Thick, turbinated, with a short obtuse spire; aperture narrow, elongated and terminated by a very short canal, narrowed by an inflation at the inner side of the right edge, and by some folds on the columeila; a very small horny operculum. Inhabite the Indian ocean. Eighteen species, Columbella rustica. Columbella pardalina. C. Hebrea. C C. semipunctata. C C. reticulata. C. mendicaria. C. strombiformis. C. punctata. C. mercatoria. C. scripta. C C. C. . ovulata. . zonalis. C. flavida. . nitida. C. bizonalis. fulgurans. C. turturina. unifascialis. 2. Genus Mitra. Pl. XIE. Animal. Entirely unknown. Shell. T'urriculated, subfusiform and oval; spire always pointed at the summit; aperture small, triangular, widest anteri- orly where it is strongly emarginated ; external edge trenchant, nearly straight, always longer than the columella, which is formed by a very thin callosity, and marked with oblique parallel folds, the anterior of which are the shortest; no operculum. Inhabits the Chinese seas. Eighty species. Mitra papalis. Mitra crocata. M. puncticulata. M. nexilis. M. cardinalis. M. scabrinscrula. M. versicolor. M. crenifera. CONCHOLOGY. M. pedicula. M. cornicularis. striatula. cornea. . Melaniana. episcopalis. . pontificalis. . millepora. . archiepiscopalis. - sanguinolenta. M. lactea. M. lutescens. M. subulata. M. tringa. 22222222 M. ferruginea. M. adusta. M. plicaria. M. costellaris. M. melongena. M. vulpecula. M. sanguisuga. M. filosa. M. amphorella. M. patriarchalis. M. harpeformus. M. ficulina. M. conularis. M. dermestina. M. dactylus. M. conulus, M. coronata. M. muriculata. M. semifasciata. M. nucleola. M, plumbea. M. granulifera, 135 M. toile M. corrugata. M. lyrata. M. cinctella. M. Caffra. M. stigmataria. M. fissurata. M. clavula. M. Peronii. M. oniscina. M. terebralis. M. granulosa. M. costa. M. olivaria. M. granatina. M. serpentina. M. arenosa. | M. literata. M. obliquata. M. scutulata. M. fenestrata. M. texturata. M. limbifera. M. paupercula. M. torulosa. M. retusa. M. unifascialis. M. larva. M. tabanula. M. crenulata. M. aurantiaca. M. cucumerina. M. ebena. M. microzonias. M. bacilla. M. pisolina. * a 136 CONCHOLOGY. 3. Genus Voluta. Pl. XII. Animal. Oval, involuted, provided with a very broad foot ; head very distinct; tentacula rather short and triangular; eyes large, altogether sessile and situated a little posteriorly ;