. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. 3+37 3+^9 3190 .3492 5-193 3494 3495 3f96 3496* 3497 3498 3499 ( 160 ) A targe and fine violet Solen, from China—extremely fcarc?, Soleii poftratus, A Valcniyn Bivah'cs, No. ^ I 'hcgreat Cluh, a very rare and undjfcribed fpecUi of Ritecinun!, S. (Strom' bus, L.) fro:n
. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. 3+37 3+^9 3190 .3492 5-193 3494 3495 3f96 3496* 3497 3498 3499 ( 160 ) A targe and fine violet Solen, from China—extremely fcarc?, Soleii poftratus, A Valcniyn Bivah'cs, No. ^ I 'hcgreat Cluh, a very rare and undjfcribed fpecUi of Ritecinun!, S. (Strom' bus, L.) fro:n Pula Condore A large and fine ecinicn oi^ Cancer liorrldiis, L, 9. from the jE. Indies 'very rare A fine f;)ec!men of the bafe or root of the Ifis hippuris, L. which Is white, and not jointed u i:h the black woody-like part as in the ftem and branches; the pan that was-next the body it was taken from, quite flat. // is not fgjired hy any author, and is extremely rare A large and fine fpecimen of Conns fufcatus, .9. or baftard Imperial Crown, from China, -z'ery rare—]\Tartyn, Kol, W. fig. 693 A fine fpecimen of a rare terreftrial Helijf, allied to Ungullna, L. from the £. Part of a very large Chama Gigas, L. with a curious fpecies of Serpula, na- tural'ly affixed to it, from China, and is the njery ffeeimen fgnred iti Hiunphrey's \ \. No. i^. A fine fpecimen of Cardium peftrnatum, L. or pink two-ways-ftriated Cockle, from Guinea, tuvy rare— J14. 1^0 A very perfeft fpecimen of Buccinum coronarium, S. or great waved-lip Buc« cinum, from New Zealand, extremely fearee—Martyn, F'el. 11. fg. A very curious fpecimen of TubuLnia Acetabulum, from the Mediterranean^ and a veiy perteft MaJrepora Ananas, L both uery beautiful and rare A very fine and perfe6t fpecimen ofConus nobilis, L. or yellow Tiger, from China—-veiy rare A very fine .clufter of Tubularia Acetabulum, on their native rock, from the Mediterranean, and a perfect fpecimen of Madrepo
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