. Beautiful shells; their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained, with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet and descriptions of the most remarkable species. Shells. this shell was very much so, as we find it is, some- times measuring as much as twelve inches across. In Plate II. is a representation of this handsome shell, greatly reduced in size, of course. See Fig. 4. We here give a figure, as more curious than beauti- ful, of the Scorpion Pteroceras (P. scorpius), which. CHINESE SPINDLE. also belongs to the Strombidce family; as does the curious Ch
. Beautiful shells; their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained, with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet and descriptions of the most remarkable species. Shells. this shell was very much so, as we find it is, some- times measuring as much as twelve inches across. In Plate II. is a representation of this handsome shell, greatly reduced in size, of course. See Fig. 4. We here give a figure, as more curious than beauti- ful, of the Scorpion Pteroceras (P. scorpius), which. CHINESE SPINDLE. also belongs to the Strombidce family; as does the curious Chinese Spindle {Rostellaria redirostris). The generic name of the first of these species. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Adams, H. G. (Henry Gardiner), 1811 or 12-1881. London, Groombridge and Sons
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