. West coast shells. A familiar description of the marine, fresh water, and land mollusks of United States, found west of the Rocky Mountains ... pretty friends will beenjoying themselves down below the waves. Toodelicate to bear the beating of the surf upon therocks, their home is in deep water, where they clingto the long seaweeds, and sway to and fro; or, whenthe weather is too rough, sink to more quiet color is yellowish or reddish brown, stripedwith violet. The aperture is somewhat angular, andthe edge of the lip is sharp and thin. Its length isseldom more than one inch. Quite
. West coast shells. A familiar description of the marine, fresh water, and land mollusks of United States, found west of the Rocky Mountains ... pretty friends will beenjoying themselves down below the waves. Toodelicate to bear the beating of the surf upon therocks, their home is in deep water, where they clingto the long seaweeds, and sway to and fro; or, whenthe weather is too rough, sink to more quiet color is yellowish or reddish brown, stripedwith violet. The aperture is somewhat angular, andthe edge of the lip is sharp and thin. Its length isseldom more than one inch. Quite similar in general formand habits, is another Top-shell, named Calliostotna can-alicidatum, Mart., can-al-ik-u-la-tum, and shown in Fig. shell is larger than thatof the last species, though theengraving represents quite aFig-65- large specimen. Its shape is conical, and the whorls are girdled with deep spiralchannels, between raised ridges. The surface is lightbrown, or ash-colored, though the shell is rainbow-tinted within. The thin exterior layer may readilybe removed by a weak acid, if one wishes to bringout the pearly
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