. East coast marine shells : descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida, with more than one thousand drawings and photographs . Fig. 39 Development of shell in Fissurella FISSURELLA BARBADENSIS Gmelin. Barbados Chink. Shell conical, orifice almost round or oval; about eleven of the ribs most prominent; color gray, green or pink with purplish brown blotches between the ribs. Interior with alternating green and white rings, interior orifice callus green and usually bounded by brown; edge of shell crenulated. Length
. East coast marine shells : descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida, with more than one thousand drawings and photographs . Fig. 39 Development of shell in Fissurella FISSURELLA BARBADENSIS Gmelin. Barbados Chink. Shell conical, orifice almost round or oval; about eleven of the ribs most prominent; color gray, green or pink with purplish brown blotches between the ribs. Interior with alternating green and white rings, interior orifice callus green and usually bounded by brown; edge of shell crenulated. Length 35 mm. An extremely common species in the West Indies and an excessively variable one. PI. 30, Figs. 2a, 2b Charlotte Harbor, Florida to West Indies FISSURELLA FASCICULARIS Lamarck. Bundle Chink. Orifice cross-shaped; margin wav- ing; shell elevated in front and rear; sad- dle-shaped like F. pustula but the forty- seven radiating riblets coarser; color usu- ally red, whitish between ribs; interior white, tinged with pink; opening upon in- side sometimes tinged with red; edge crenu- lated. Length 20 mm. PI. 30, Fig. 1 Florida Keys and West Indies FISSURELLA NODOSA Born. Knotty Chink. Shell elevated, base oval, about twenty- three strong ribs with nodes upon them; or- ifice oblong, contracted in center and con- sequently dumb-bell shaped, opening one seventh to one ninth length of shell. The color ranges from brown to white, interior white, edge toothed. Length 29-35 mm. PI. 30, Fig. 12 Florida Keys and West Indies FISSURELLA PUSTULA Lamarck. Blistered Chink. Shell depressed, elevated in front and behind; orifice cross-shaped, toward the front, bounded by red; color buff, white, or crimson with white; riblets sepa- rated by narrow grooves; interior white with red near opening; edge crenulated. Length 1 inch. A well-known and interesting shell. PI. 30, Fig. 4 Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to West Indies GENUS LUCAPINA Gray 1857 Orifice rather large, oval; surface cancellated; edge
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