. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. J^jA-^t^ 2993 2994 2995. /T^w^^^SfA^ 3002 3003 3004 IC06 73^^tlJ007 VK^Mi^c^ 3003 -30^3 • 3017 • ( »35 ) Twelve very rare Univalves, among which are a fmall Turbo fc'alari;, Nerita Virgiiiea, L. two of Trcrhus , undefcrihcd-, two pair of Stombi, two of them from Guin
. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. J^jA-^t^ 2993 2994 2995. /T^w^^^SfA^ 3002 3003 3004 IC06 73^^tlJ007 VK^Mi^c^ 3003 -30^3 • 3017 • ( »35 ) Twelve very rare Univalves, among which are a fmall Turbo fc'alari;, Nerita Virgiiiea, L. two of Trcrhus , undefcrihcd-, two pair of Stombi, two of them from Guinea^ &c. A large :ind fine Mytilus ornatus, S, or pencilled Mufcle, from China—ver;^ rcr e "Patella pulchra, or beauty Limpet, Humph. 8. from the Cape cf Good Hope, and another rare fpecies of the fame genus, c;illcd the Cup and faucer, from China A fine fmall fpccimen of Chama Lazarus, and two very fmall purplc-fpotted Spondylus gcederopus, L. all from China, and rare A large and beautiful pair of Conus litcratus, L, with large fpots, from Ceylon —rare A very large and fine fpecimen of Chama Cor, L. or fool's-cap Cockle, from —rare Thiity-five cards, containing various fmall fpecies of Voluta, fame of them rare, and labelled Four curious fpecimens of Cancer, viz. an Oriental Mantis, two very fcarce varieties of Bernhardus, L. and an uncommon Prawn Four large and fine fpecimens of Venus, viz. Tigrina, deflorata, chione, and mcrcenaria, L. A large and faie Pinna rudis, Z. from the W. Indies—ran /t — /4 A fine variety of Murex trltonis, L. or Triton 1 Trumpet, from the Mediterranean Two very rare fpecies of Cardium, viz. Spinulofum, from CoroviatiM, and one valve ofMordax, S. SPARS, ORES, C RTSTJ LS, i^c. A very large and fine fpecimen of Marmoroides dendropotamites of Da Cofla^ from Cotiam, near —fnlified Two large fpecinienb of laminated Sand-ftone, with elegant Dendrite on the furiact; Large and fine Dcudrits in a laminated
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