﻿h) 
  G 
  enus 
  Homalopom 
  a 
  

   Carpe 
  nter 
  1864 
  7rGr 
  . 
  

   homalos, 
  even, 
  smooth 
  

   -*- 
  pomum, 
  fruit. 
  For- 
  

   merly 
  called 
  06nua 
  

   L 
  eptothyra 
  Pease 
  

   1869, 
  Gr. 
  leptos, 
  

   small, 
  thin 
  — 
  thyra, 
  

   door. 
  Pern.) 
  

  

  i) 
  Genus 
  Halopsephus 
  

   Rehder 
  1945 
  . 
  (Gr.hals. 
  

   halos,sea 
  —• 
  psephos, 
  

   a 
  pebhle.Pem.in 
  Gr.) 
  

  

  26 
  

   ridges 
  crossed 
  "by 
  oblique 
  scaly 
  lines 
  ol 
  

  

  growth. 
  ) 
  

   A 
  straea 
  cuba 
  na 
  Phi 
  l 
  ippi 
  ( 
  C 
  uban 
  ) 
  

   Astraea 
  tuber 
  Linn 
  e 
  ( 
  swo 
  lien, 
  humped 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  Hom 
  alopo 
  ma 
  albida 
  Dall 
  (whitish; 
  shell 
  

   daad 
  \7h.:tte 
  or 
  brov;nish 
  externally.) 
  

  

  Honalopo 
  ma 
  i 
  nduta 
  'Tatson 
  (clad; 
  with 
  a 
  

   tenacious 
  brov/n 
  layer; 
  glossy, 
  ivory- 
  

   white 
  calcareous 
  coat 
  over 
  a 
  brilliant 
  

   pearly 
  layer.) 
  

  

  Homalopoma 
  linnei 
  Pali 
  (Linne' 
  s; 
  dedica- 
  

   ted 
  to 
  Karl 
  von 
  Linne, 
  a 
  Swedish 
  bota- 
  

   nist, 
  1707-1778.) 
  

  

  Halopsephus 
  pulchra 
  Rehder 
  ( 
  handsome 
  ; 
  nu- 
  

   clear 
  whorls 
  are 
  pale 
  scarlet, 
  the 
  other 
  

   brown 
  to 
  apr 
  i 
  cot- 
  orange. 
  ) 
  

  

  3. 
  Family 
  Phasianellidae 
  . 
  (Diminutive 
  of 
  Lat. 
  phasianus, 
  a 
  pheasant; 
  

   they 
  call 
  to 
  mind 
  the 
  brilliant 
  colors 
  of 
  a 
  pheasant. 
  Common 
  name: 
  

   Pheasant 
  Shells.) 
  

  

  Genus 
  Tricolia 
  Ris 
  - 
  

   so 
  1826T 
  (Etymology 
  

   unknown; 
  name 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  suggested 
  

   by 
  the 
  colors 
  of 
  the 
  

   shell: 
  rose, 
  brown- 
  

   ish, 
  orange, 
  Formerly 
  

   known 
  as 
  Phasianella 
  

   Lamarck 
  1804, 
  Fern, 
  ) 
  

  

  " 
  Tricolia 
  af 
  finis 
  C.B.Adams 
  (related,, 
  al- 
  

   lied 
  to 
  Phasianella 
  (Tricolia) 
  tessella- 
  

   ta. 
  ) 
  

  

  Tricolia 
  bella 
  Pilsbry 
  (pretty,) 
  

  

  Tricolia 
  brevissima 
  Pilsbry 
  (very 
  short,) 
  

  

  Tricolia 
  pulchella 
  C,B.Adams 
  ( 
  rather 
  

   pretty.) 
  

  

  Tricolia 
  tessellata 
  Potiez 
  & 
  Michaud 
  ( 
  Lat 
  . 
  

   tessella, 
  a 
  small 
  square 
  piece; 
  formed 
  

   of 
  little 
  squares; 
  Checkered 
  Tricolia.) 
  

  

  Tricolia 
  umbilic 
  a 
  ta 
  Orbigny 
  (with 
  a 
  navel 
  

   having 
  a 
  depression; 
  umbilical 
  area 
  

  

  . 
  perforated,) 
  

  

  4, 
  

  

  Family 
  Neritidae 
  . 
  (Gr, 
  nerites 
  (masc), 
  Lat. 
  nerita 
  ( 
  f 
  em. 
  for 
  most 
  

   lexicographers 
  and 
  conchologists 
  ; 
  masc. 
  for 
  some, 
  like 
  E.A.Andrewq 
  

   Latin-English 
  Dictionary 
  published 
  by 
  Harper 
  Bros., 
  1860), 
  words 
  

   used 
  by 
  the 
  Ancients 
  to 
  denote 
  a 
  sea-snail, 
  Adanson 
  called 
  this 
  

   shell 
  La 
  IT^rite 
  (fem, 
  ), 
  Common 
  name: 
  The 
  Nerites.) 
  

  

  Nerita 
  peloronta 
  Linn6 
  (Gr, 
  peloros.huge, 
  

   mighty 
  -t- 
  odous, 
  odont-, 
  tooth. 
  Two 
  

   strong 
  teeth 
  on 
  columella 
  which 
  is 
  stai 
  

   ned 
  red 
  as 
  if 
  with 
  blood. 
  Common 
  name: 
  

   Bleeding 
  Tooth.) 
  

  

  Nerita 
  versicolor 
  Gmelin 
  (variegated; 
  con 
  

   lor 
  v/hitish 
  tinted 
  with 
  red, 
  black 
  or 
  

   violet. 
  ) 
  

  

  Nerita 
  fulgurans 
  Gmelin 
  (flashing 
  as 
  

   lightning; 
  irregular 
  marbling 
  of 
  blarJc 
  

   and 
  white 
  areas.) 
  

  

  Nerita 
  tessellata 
  Gmelin 
  ( 
  formed 
  of 
  

   little 
  squares; 
  checkered 
  black 
  & 
  white.) 
  

  

  ! 
  Puperi 
  ta 
  pupa 
  Linn6 
  (lat. 
  pupa 
  means 
  a 
  

  

  a) 
  

  

  Genus 
  Ne 
  rita 
  Linne 
  

   1758 
  . 
  (~A 
  sea-snail. 
  

  

  Fem. 
  ) 
  

  

  