. 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. Hock Shells, 51 is a large and very beautifiil shell; this is the Broad- winged Strombus {S, latissimus), probably from latesco—to wax or grow broad^ or large; issimus being in the superlative degree, would indicate that. 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 re
. 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. Hock Shells, 51 is a large and very beautifiil shell; this is the Broad- winged Strombus {S, latissimus), probably from latesco—to wax or grow broad^ or large; issimus being in the superlative degree, would indicate that. 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. 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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