Index Testaceologicus; Or a Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, Arranged According to the Linnæan System; with the Latin and English Names, References to Figures, and Places where FoundRichard and Arthur Taylor, 1818 - 8 pages |
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Adanson's Adriatic Africa Amboyna America angular Asiatic Ocean Auris banded Barbadoes Batavia Britain Britain,&c brittle brown cancellata Ceylon chesnut China Coast CONCHOLOGY Coromandel costata decussated Denmark dotted East Indies Engl Engl.names Europe fasciata Fluss fluviatilis Fr.w fragilis Friendly Islands Goree granulated Greenland grooved Guadaloupe Guinea Habitat Holland horn Iceland imbricated Indian Ocean Indian Seas Jamaica keeled knobbed lævigata lævis Linn lipped loured M.Suppl Madagascar Magellan Malabar Malacca Mediter Mediterranean minute Moluccas mottled mouthed names Nicobar Isl Nicobar Islands nodulous Northern Ocean Norway numes oblong orange Otaheite pectinata pellucid plaited plicata prickly punctata Pyrum radiata rayed Red Sea reticulata reticulated ribbed river rough rugosa scaly Scotland Senegal Shells smooth Spengler's spiny spotted streaked striated striatula striped sulcated Suppl Synonyms Terebellum tessellated toothed Tranquebar truncated umbilicated undulata upper f variegated ventricose vitrea W.Indies warty waved West Indies whitish wrinkled yellow yellowish Zealand Zebra zig-zag