. A contribution to American thalassography : Three cruises of the United States Coast and geodetic survey steamer "Blake", in the gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880. Blake (Steamer); Marine animals -- Atlantic Ocean; Marine sediments. Fig. 290. — Marginella Watsoni. Fig. 291. —Rmgicula . leptocheila. 4 1' in the Bay of Biscay and on the coasts of America. Cancella- ria Smithii (Fig. 292), an elegant new species of a comparatively rare group; Mitra Swainsoni (Fig. 293) of Broderip, from the deep water of the West
. A contribution to American thalassography : Three cruises of the United States Coast and geodetic survey steamer "Blake", in the gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880. Blake (Steamer); Marine animals -- Atlantic Ocean; Marine sediments. Fig. 290. — Marginella Watsoni. Fig. 291. —Rmgicula . leptocheila. 4 1' in the Bay of Biscay and on the coasts of America. Cancella- ria Smithii (Fig. 292), an elegant new species of a comparatively rare group; Mitra Swainsoni (Fig. 293) of Broderip, from the deep water of the West Indies, first described from Chilian waters; and Typhis longicornis (Fig. 294), a pretty flesh- colored deep-water species, — may be cited as ex- amples of other groups, the last being particu- larly remarkable from the length of its spines, which could only exist in the shell of an animal surrounded by a soft bottom and living in per- fectly calm Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910; U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
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