The young conchologist's book of species. Univalves / Containing descriptions of six hundred species, and illustrations by many figures. By Sylvanus Hanley.

  • Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley
Date:
1840
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Credit: The young conchologist's book of species. Univalves / Containing descriptions of six hundred species, and illustrations by many figures. By Sylvanus Hanley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C. AcULEATUS. Ovate, thick, blackish brown ; margin with short, subulate, various -coloured spines; terminal plates elegantly waved with sub-concentric undulated lines; the lateral areas of the nest scarcely marked, and prettily waved by undulated lines, with irregularly disposed elongated granulations, gradually disappearing towards the summit. 24...1]14. W. 1.6. PATELLA. Univalve ; not spiral; shield-shaped or obtusely conical, concave within, simple, entire; sum- mit anteriorly inclined ; imperforate. P. GRANATINA. Flattish, angulated, with numerous muricated ribs and strize; muscular impression dark-reddish brown; numerous zig- zag undulated transverse purplish-brown scales cover the shell, and are manifest in the interior through a pearly. coating..<2)....52. W. 37. O/ P. BARBARA. Toothed, with very numerous muricated vaulted ribs; colour sallow, and some- times ringed without; the inside white. 1$...14. WS 70225 P. puicatTa. Angulated, with blunt undulated transversely - wrinkled ribs, brownish ; summit obtiser 25 %.-1420(Bronts il.) P. saCcCHARINA. Angulated, with seven blunt
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