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

a thick trunk furnished with hooked teeth at its extremity ; two pectini- form branchie. Shell. Oval more or less ventricose; the first whorls of the spire rounded into a teat; aperture generally much longer than wide and sloping anteriorly ; the right edge bent outwardly, entire and soft; the columellar edge garnished with large folds more or less oblique, and slightly varying in number with age. Found chiefly in the seas of the Torrid Zone. Forty-four species. Voluta nautica. Voluta Althiopica. V. armata. imperialis V. tesselata. V. cymbia. V. proboscidalis. V. diadema. V. ducalis. V. Neptuni. V. olla. V. porcina. V. pellis-serpentis. V. chlorosina. V. polyzonalis. V. magnifica. V. Magellanica. - vespertilio. . musica. levigata. nodulosa. ancilla. . Pacifica. Junonia. melo. Hebrea. serpentina. carneolata. . fulva. nuclea. V. fulminata. . lapponica. V. scapha. volvacea. V. mitis. . mitreformis. . Nivosa. . thiarella. . sulcata. V. Braziliana. V. Guinaica. V. undulata. V. festiva. See et ee ee Se Se A . vexilla. 4. Genus Marginella. PI. XII. Animal. Oval, involuted ; foot elliptical, very large, and widest CONCHOLOGY. 137 in front, where its edge presents a transverse furrow; head small, distinct, with two long, very sharp tentacula, the eyes at the ex- ternal part of their base ; mouth provided with a trunk. Shell. Smooth, polished, oval-oblong, a little conical, with a short mammelonated spire ; aperture somewhat narrow, slightly oval on account of a light curve of the right edge which is dilated outwardly ; the colume!lar edge marked with three oblique dis- tinct folds. Inhabits the Indian Ocean. Twenty-four living species and nine fossil, according to Defrance. Marginella radiata. Marginella nubeculata. M. limbata. M. aurantia. M. lifasciata. M. longivaricosa. M. dentifera. M. eburnea. . bullata. M., persicula. . avellana. M. tessellata. . glabrella. M. cerulescens. = . quinqueplicata. . bivaricosa. M M M M M. rosea. M M M M. muscaria. . faba. M. formicula. . dactylus. M. lineata. . cornea. M. interrupta. 5. Genus Volvaria. Pl. XII. Animal. As above. Shell. Cylindrical, convolute ; spire obsolete or concealed ; aperture narrow, extending the whole length of the shell, with one or more folds on the lower portion of the columella. Inhabits the Indian Ocean. Five species. Volvaria pallida. Volvaria triticea. V. monilis, V. oryza. V. miliacea. FAMILY XXI. Convotura. Six genera. % 1. Genus Cyprea. Pl. XI. Animal. Oval, elongated, involute; head provided with two 13* 138 CONCHGLOGY. ~ very long conical tentacula; eyes at the extremity of an inflation which forms a part of thems a transverse buccal orifice at the extremity of a kind of cavity, at the bottom of which is the true mouth between two thick vertical lips; a lingual band bristled with small teeth and prolonged into the abdomen. , Shell. Oval, convex, very smooth, involute; spire entirely posterior, very small, often concealed by a calcareous layer de- posited by the lobes of the mantle; aperture longitudinal, very natrow, slightly arcuated, as long as the shell and with the edges _ aimternally dentated, and notched at each extremity. Inhabits the W. Indian seas and Sandwich Islands. One hundred and eigh- teen species. Cyprea princeps. Cyprea dediculus. C. mappa. C. oryza. C. tigris. C. coccinella. C. pantherina. C. Australis. C. mauritania. C. Childrini. C. stercararia. C. depauparata. C. aurora. C. solandri. C. leucodon. C. Californica. C. sulcidentata. C. suffusa. C. Arabica. C. pacifica. C. lynx. C. pediculus. C. vitellus. C. nivea. C. carneola. C. oryxa. C. cinerea. C. stercus-muscarum. C. Reevi. C. pulex. C. obscurus. C. fusca. C. achatina. C. Europea. C. arenosa. C. sanguinea. — C. nivosa, C. quadripunctata. C. Broderipii. C. rufescens. C. maugerie. C. exanthema. C . Cervus. C. aperta. C, testudinaria. _ C. Adansonii. C. talpa. C, caput-serpentis. C. exusta. C. Lamarchii. aaa@aan Animal. sanceaaaananaasanaanasaaaesaae Na . argus. scurra. . pulchra, Isabella. controversa. lurida. microdon. Scottii. mus. . tessellata. annulata. . Margarita. cicercula, globulus. staphylea. tigrina. cerina. . Argus. histrio. alba. zonata. . icterina. . lota. ovulata. . helvola. . Arabicula. pustulata. nucleus. limacina. moneta. obvelata. annulus. radians. oniscus. o¥- CONCHOLOGY. 2. Genus Ovula. As above. SG0 OO Ceo OSC C.SOEG CAM SAeSeoOoln ene arose . Cumingii. - Goodalii. . Humphreysii. W alkeri. Listeri. . pulchella. . pyriformis. . piperita. algoensis. edentula. similis. . fusco-dentata. - gangrenosa. bicallosa. poraria. . guttata. . Xanthodon. . nigro-punctata. pallida. zigzag. moneta. . aurantia. fimbriata. variolaria. . erosa. . miliaris. . ratta. asella. turda. adusta. moniliaris. ursella. hirundo. olivacea. Pl. XI. 139 140 CONCHOLOGY. Sheil. Oblong, convex, distinguished from the Cyprea by the want of a spire, and by not having teeth on the columellar lip ; the two extremities of the aperture notched, and more or less pro- longed like a tube; left margin dentated. Inhabits the Indian seas. ‘T'welve species. Ovula oviformis. Ovula carnea. O. verrucosa, O. gibbosa. O. spelta. O. volva. O. angulosa. O. lactea. O. hordacea. O. triticea. O. birostris. O. acicularis. 3. Genus TJerebellum. Pl. XIL Animal. Entirely unknown. Shell. ‘Thin, shining, subcylindrical, involute, pointed poste- riorly, truncated anteriorly ; aperture longitudinal, triangular ; edges entire, columella truncated and prolonged beyond the aper- ture. Inhabits the Indian Ocean. One living species and two fossil. Terebellum subulatum. - 4. Genus Ancillaria. Pl. XII. Animal. Unknown. Shell. Smooth, oval, oblong, posteriorly, widened and trun- cated anteriorly; aperture oval, somewhat elongated, angular posteriorly ; a wide but not deep slope anteriorly; columella covered anteriorly with an oblique callous band ; right lip obtuse. Inhabits the Australian seas. Four living species, and five fossil. Ancillaria cinnamonea. Ancillaria candida. — A. ventricosa. A. marginata. ~ 5. Genus Oliva. Pl. XII. Animal. Oval, involute, mouth somewhat thin at its edges, prolonged to the two angles of the branchial aperture in a tenta- cular band, and, anteriorly, by a long branchial tube; foot very large, oval, subauriculated, with a transverse cleft anteriorly ; head small with a labial proboscis. CONCHOLOGY. 141 Shell. Thick, solid, smooth, oval, elongated, suboyliggcal, the whorls of the spire very small and separated by a canal ; aper- ture long and narrow, the columellar edge dilated anteriorly by a band striated obliquely in all its length. Found in the Austra- lian and Equatorial seas. Sixty-two species. Six fossil. Oliva textilina. Oliva reticularis. O. pica. O. granitella. O. angulata. O. literata. O. cepulturalis. | O. tricolor. O. irrisans. x O. mustelina. O. episcopalis. O. funebralis. O. venulata. O. Peruviana. O. leucophea. O. fusiformis. O. inflata. O. acuminata. O. harpularia. O. luteola. O. ustulata. O. hiatula. O. tessellata. O. Ceylonica. O. espidula. O. fabagina. O. candida. O. undatella. O. tigrina. O. nana. O. utricula. O. oryza. O. porphyria. O. flammulata. O. erythrostoma. O. araneosa. O. themulina. O. scripta. O. maura. O. sanguinolenta. O. fulminans. O. lugubris. O. elegans. O. glandiformis. O. guttata. O. senagalensis. O. undata. O. auricularis. O. bicincta. O. subulata. O. hepatica. O. testacea. O. avellana. O. obtusaria. O. carneola. O. nebulosa. O. oriola. O. conordalis. O. volutella. O. eburnea. O. Brazilliana. O. Zonalis. “¢ ? 142 CONCHOLOGY. 6. Genus Conus. Pl. XII. Animal. Elongated, much compressed, involute ; foot small, oval, long, widest in front, where it is edged by a transverse fur- row; head tolerably distinct; tentacula cylindrical, having the eyes near their summit, which is setaceous; mouth at the bot- tom of a long labial trunk; a somewhat short tongue, although projecting into the visceral cavity, and bristled with long styly- form hooks in two rows. Shell. ‘Covered with a periosteal membrane, thick, solid, invo- lute, conical ; summit of the cone anterior, spire slightly projecting, or not at all; a very narrow longitudinal aperture ; external edge straight and trenchant; the internal also straight with oblique folds in its anterior portion ; a very small horny operculum, sub- spirated, with a terminal summit. Found in the Australian and Mediterranean seas. One hundred and eighty-one species. Conus Bandanus. C. Nicobaricus. Conus betulinus. C. puncticulatus. C. zonatus. C. Proteus. C. fuscatus. C. augur. C. regius. C. nivosus. C. marmoreus. C. acuminatus. C. nocturnus. C. Janus. C. araneosus. C. lithoglyphus. C. imperialis. C. venulatus. C. viridulus. C. muscosus. * C. tulipa. C. Mozambicus. C. punctatus. C, Franciscanus. C. musicus. C., rattus. C. mus. C. amabilis, C. Barbadensis. C. geographicus. C. teniatus. C. miliaris. C. lividus. C. roseus. ©. cedo-nulli. C. nebulosus. C. nobilis. C. terminus. C. gubernator. C. terebra. C. raphanus. C. spectrum. C. leoninus. C. pertusus. C. suleatus. C. vermiculatus. C. pulicarius. C. obesus. C. millepunctatus. C. eburneus. C. generalis. C. Malacanus. C. monile. C, vitulinus. C., flavidus. C. dancus. C. capitaneus. C. vittatus. C. vexillus. C. figulinus. C. aurantius. C, minimus. C. Hebreus. C. arenatus. C. fustigatus. C. varius. C. literatus. C. tesselatus. C. Maldivus. C., lineatus. C. centurio. C, vulpinus. C, virgo. C. pastinacus. C. classiarius. C. mustelinus. C. Sumatrensis. C. quercinus. C. cardinalis. C. distans. C. Caledonicus. CONCHOLOGY. 148 C. fulgurans. . amadis. flammeus. . testiludinarius. questor. . Narcissus. . op Pop a a Fare I oe . Guniaicus. informis. — . Jamaicensis. 3G OG . Omaicus. . aurisiacus. . striatus. . grannulatus. . verulosus. magus. Bullatus. . auratus. pol oto m he) . omaria. . panniculus. Timorensis. . prefectus. nimbosus. archiepiscopus. . legatus. Piel io bie hie ke Rig hee! canonicus. textilis. australis. . Mauritianus. ehoLone . eques. . catus. acutangulus. Japonicus. columba. CO {G00 O . nemocanus. C. fusiformis. C. Aurora. C, Adansonii. 144 CONCHOLOGY. C. puncturatus. C. Portoricanus. C. lamellosus. C. strigatus. C. exiguus. C. mitratus. C. hyena. C, aulicus. C. ammiralis. C. colubrinus. C. papilionaceus, C. auricomus. C. Prometheus. C. rubiginosus. C. Suratensis. C. prelatus. C, ranunculus, C. fumigatus. C. achatinus. C. luzonicus. C. stramineus. C. verrucosus. C. lacteus. C. mindanus. C. vicarius. C. pusio. C. orchraceus. C. madurensis. C. Mediterraneus. C. cancellatus. C. Magellanicus. C. cerulescens. C. pontificalis. C. Taitensis. C. sponsalis. C. tinianus. C. Ceylonenis. C. crocatus. C. pusillus. C. glans. C. asper. C. nussatella. C. miles. C. clavous. C. genuanus. C. pennaceus. C. siamensis. C. cervus. C. glaucus. C. dux. C. monachus. C. stercus-muscarum. C. anemone. C. tendineus. C. cinereus. C. melancholicus. C. zebra. C. episcopus. C. cingulatus. C, pyramidalis. C. mercator. C. abbas. C. gloria-maris. FAMILY XXiIi. Two genera. 1. Genus Spirula. Pl. XII. Animal. Body elongated, cylindrical, terminated posteriorly NAvUTILACEA. CONCHOLOGY. 145 by two lateral lobes partially concealing the shell; head provided with five pairs of tentacula, of which two are longer than the others.