. Prodromus of the paleontology of Victoria; or, Figures and descriptions of Victorian organic remains .. . ,•-1 F^rOieismew Sckenfeld. Uth rroC M^ Coy. dtrtJiif De Gruchy t /■ ^!I&XSin. PALEONTOLOGY Or VICTORIA. Frd yCy &m< JT Tgrjuscn- Jmj) I ] PALiEONTOLOGY OF VICTORIA. IMollusca. PLATES XV., XVI., XVII., AND XVIII. Plate XV.; Plate XVI., Fig. 2; Plates XVII. and XVIIL, Fig. 1. CYPR^A (ARICIA) GIGAS (McCoy). [Genus CYPRyEA (Lin.). (Sub-kingd. Mollusca. Class Gasteropoda. Order Pectinibran-chiata. Fara. Cyprajidie.) Gen. Char.—Shell ovato-oblong ; spire very short, or
. Prodromus of the paleontology of Victoria; or, Figures and descriptions of Victorian organic remains .. . ,•-1 F^rOieismew Sckenfeld. Uth rroC M^ Coy. dtrtJiif De Gruchy t /■ ^!I&XSin. PALEONTOLOGY Or VICTORIA. Frd yCy &m< JT Tgrjuscn- Jmj) I ] PALiEONTOLOGY OF VICTORIA. IMollusca. PLATES XV., XVI., XVII., AND XVIII. Plate XV.; Plate XVI., Fig. 2; Plates XVII. and XVIIL, Fig. 1. CYPR^A (ARICIA) GIGAS (McCoy). [Genus CYPRyEA (Lin.). (Sub-kingd. Mollusca. Class Gasteropoda. Order Pectinibran-chiata. Fara. Cyprajidie.) Gen. Char.—Shell ovato-oblong ; spire very short, or entirely corered by the body whorl ;back rounded ; iuner and outer lips inrollcd ; aperture narrow, as long as the shell, reflected atboth ends, transrersely toothed and ridged on each side. Sub-genus.—Aricia (Gray). Surface highly polished ; gibbous above; flattened, thickened,and dilated at the sides below ; spire covered ; apertuie straight, narrow, outer aud iuner lipscallous, thickened, wide, dentated.] Description.—Shell very large, thick; form ovate; back very gibbons, some-what spheroidally irregularly rounded ; base flattened, oval, much thickened, ex-tending slightly in thick obtusely rounded ma
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