A manual of the Mollusca, or, A rudimentary treatise of recent and fossil shells . Syn., porcellana (Adans.) Gray. Persicula, Schum. Tyfes, M. nubeculata, PL VIL, fig. 18. M. persicula, fig. 19. Shell, smooth, bright; spiie short or concealed ; aperture truncated infront; columella plaited; outer Hp (of adidt) v\ith a thickened similar to cyprsea. Bistr., 90 sp. Tropical, W. Indies, Brazil, Medit. (1 smaU sp.) , Cliina, Australia. Fossil, 30 sp. Eocene—. France, &c. Sub-genus. Hyalina, Schmn. Oiiter lip scarcely thickened. Ty2)e, voluta paUida, Mont., W. Indies. FAMILY VI
A manual of the Mollusca, or, A rudimentary treatise of recent and fossil shells . Syn., porcellana (Adans.) Gray. Persicula, Schum. Tyfes, M. nubeculata, PL VIL, fig. 18. M. persicula, fig. 19. Shell, smooth, bright; spiie short or concealed ; aperture truncated infront; columella plaited; outer Hp (of adidt) v\ith a thickened similar to cyprsea. Bistr., 90 sp. Tropical, W. Indies, Brazil, Medit. (1 smaU sp.) , Cliina, Australia. Fossil, 30 sp. Eocene—. France, &c. Sub-genus. Hyalina, Schmn. Oiiter lip scarcely thickened. Ty2)e, voluta paUida, Mont., W. Indies. FAMILY VI. (^. Cowries. Shell convolute, enamelled; spu-e concealed; aperture narrow, channelledat each end; outer lip (of adult) thickened, inflected. No operculum. Animal with a broad foot, truncated in front; mantle expanded on eachside, forming lobes, which meet over the back of the shell; these lobes areusually ornamented with tentaculai filaments; eyes on the niidiUe of the ten-tacles or near their base; branchial plume single. Lingual ribbon long. GASTEHOPODA. 121.
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