. The shell book . fornia. , Rve., is a synonym. It is a thin elongated oval shell,7 to 8 inches long, with a pearly lining that is indeed splendidas a peacocks tail, especially the roughened central patch, themuscle scar. The outer surface is uniformly dull brownish incolour, and faintly ridged with spirally radiating undulations,crossed by smaller and close-set rounded ridges. Each hole iselevated into a tubercle. From five to seven remain open. Theclosed tubercles are worn, as is also the depressed spire. The leftside bears a flat pearly shelf, the columellar plate. These shells
. The shell book . fornia. , Rve., is a synonym. It is a thin elongated oval shell,7 to 8 inches long, with a pearly lining that is indeed splendidas a peacocks tail, especially the roughened central patch, themuscle scar. The outer surface is uniformly dull brownish incolour, and faintly ridged with spirally radiating undulations,crossed by smaller and close-set rounded ridges. Each hole iselevated into a tubercle. From five to seven remain open. Theclosed tubercles are worn, as is also the depressed spire. The leftside bears a flat pearly shelf, the columellar plate. These shells when cleaned by acids and scraping, are asbeautifully pearly outside as within. They are favourite manteland cabinet ornaments, the most brilliant object the curio-dealershows to the eager souvenir hunter on the west coast. The Red Abalone (H. rujescens, Swains.) is larger and muchheavier than H. fulgeus. It is the chief commercial mother-of-pearl shell of the California coast. It often attains a length of nine 224. EAR SHELLS. AIALONES1 Haliolis cornigala. 2 Haliolis asinina. 3 Haliolis Crachcrodii. 4 gigmte
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