. West coast shells. A familiar description of the marine, fresh water, and land mollusks of United States, found west of the Rocky Mountains ... KEY-HOLE LIMPETS. 97 stripes, running down from the small, oblong hole atthe top, suggest streams of red hot lava issuing fromthe crater of a volcano. The coloring appears plain-est on dead shells; the live ones are darker, smoother,and less brilliant. Glyphis densiclathrata, Rve., den-si-clath-ra-ta, issmaller, more delicate, and has closer and finer sculp-turing. Length about half an inch, color white orgray, hole circular; below tides. Fissurellid
. West coast shells. A familiar description of the marine, fresh water, and land mollusks of United States, found west of the Rocky Mountains ... KEY-HOLE LIMPETS. 97 stripes, running down from the small, oblong hole atthe top, suggest streams of red hot lava issuing fromthe crater of a volcano. The coloring appears plain-est on dead shells; the live ones are darker, smoother,and less brilliant. Glyphis densiclathrata, Rve., den-si-clath-ra-ta, issmaller, more delicate, and has closer and finer sculp-turing. Length about half an inch, color white orgray, hole circular; below tides. FissurellidcBa calliomarginata, Cpr., Fis-su-rel-li-de-a cal-li-o-mar-gin-a-ta, is a small, deep-waterspecies. Its shell is low-arched, with a large, oblonghole, and roughened rays. The margin is crenulatedand the inside is white. Fissure Hi dee a bimaciilata, Dall, bi-mak-u-la-ta, is the long name of the little shell shown in Fig. 82. ^-_^ Dead shells may frequently be found, and ^^^ occasionally a live one may be gathered from the sea-weed or the rocks. The shell Flg82- is about one-fourth of an inch in length,oblong, with rounded corners and exter
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