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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    PILEOPSIS. 1] F. pustuLA. Roundish elliptic, flattish, and truncated in front, dirty white, with decussated strie ; longitudinal striz rather prominent; per- foration not central, lengthened, enlarged in the middle, and girded with a pink line; small. W. 38. 90. F. FASCICULARIS. Small, oblong - elliptic, flattish, sallow, and rayed with pinkish-brown fasciculated lines; striee crowded ; perforation as last; internal border apparently entire; nests only on its sides. #. F. minuta. Minute, oblong-elliptic, convex, white, decussated with slender strie, of which the longitudinal are sub-granular, rayed with thin black lines; perforations small, not central. PILEOPSIS. Univalve ; obliquely conic ; anteriorly recurved ; summit hooked, sub-spiral ; aperture elliptically round ; anterior margin shortest, the posterior one large and rounded; the muscular impres-
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