from ALL PARTS of THE WORLD 



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1. Raeta canaliculate. Say. Hat Shell. 

 New Jersey to Brazil. A very thin, white 

 and fairly common shell, but the hinges 

 are so slight, most specimens found on 

 the beaches are unmated valves. It is 

 finely ridged. 2 to 3" 1.00 



2. Lima lima. L. <Squamosa> Rough 

 File Shell. The valves are covered with 

 file-like notches. Shell is pure white and 

 builds a nest in which it lives, on the 

 bottom of the sea or crevices in the coral, 

 where the nest will be well protected. I 

 have had sent me exactly similar forms 

 from China Seas. 2V4" 75c 



3. Lima inflata, L. Inflated File Shell. 

 N. C. to W. I. Not common, in fact most 

 of the File Shells are rather uncommon. 

 I have had this species sent me also from 

 Malta in Medit. Sea. 2" 75c 



4. Lima scabra. Born. Flat File Shell. 

 A pure white species found from N. C. 

 to W. I. but never common anywhere. 

 The two valves of the shells of this genus 

 never meet and fit like other bivalves. 



2 to 31/2" 75c 



8. Pedalion alata, Gmel. Purse Shell. 

 Florida to W. I. A curious shell much re- 

 sembling the Mother of Pearl from the 

 East Indies. It is thin, brownish and, if 

 ground down to the pearl, takes a high 

 polish. There are 50 species scattered 

 over the world. 2 to 3" 75c 



9. Chama macerophylla, Gmel. Jewel 

 Box. Florida to W. I. These attractive 

 shells with their yellow or purple fronds 

 are mostly from deep water, 10 to 20 

 fathoms. The sponge fishermen often 

 bring them up with the sponges, but the 

 shells are always attached to the reefs 

 from which they can never more than 

 open and shut the upper valve. 



2 to 3" 2.50 



10. Cardium muricatum, L. Common 

 Cockle, N. C. to Florida and W. I. This 

 species is very round and yellow inside. 

 An attractive 2 to 3" shell. The other 

 form quite similar in outline with the 

 rich purple interior is Cardium isocar- 

 diam, L. and is called the China Cockle. 



50c 



5. Codakia orbiculata, Mont. Great 

 White Lucine. North Carolina to West 

 Indies. An attractive large white 3" shell 

 ornamented with concentric ridges 

 crossed with numerous parallel lines. 

 One of the finest of this genus in Western 

 Hemisphere. 50c 



11. Cardium magnum. Born. Great 

 Heart or Cockle. Virginia to Florida and 

 Mexico. The largest of the genus on the 

 East Coast, of a brownish color they are 

 often found at Sanibel and other beaches 

 by the thousands. 3 to 5" 50c 



6. Lucina jamaicensis. Lam. Yellow 

 Lucine. Florida to West Indies. The shell 

 is nearly round, outer surface rough, with 

 circular lines. Inside yellowish. 



2 to 3" 50c 



7. Lucina pennsylvanica, L. Pennsyl- 

 vania Lucine. N. C. to Florida and W. I. 

 Usually l l /2", white, thick, and can al- 

 ways be easily recognized by the inden- 

 tures along the edge. 25c 



12. Tellina radiata, L. Sunset Shell. 

 S. C. to Texas and W. I. The Sun Shell, 

 in highly colored specimens, show all the 

 rays of the setting sun. They are natural- 

 ly very smooth and shiney. There is a 

 yellowish form, without rays, called 

 unimaculata. Lam. and found over the 

 same range. Most common in West Indies, 

 where it is gathered by the barrel and 

 shipped to be used in the manufacturing 

 of novelties. 25c 



