﻿Gen 
  us 
  Fo 
  s 
  sarus 
  ?h 
  i- 
  

   lippi 
  184 
  1, 
  (Llasc 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  54 
  

  

  whorls 
  elegantly 
  latticed.) 
  

   Fossarus 
  Melius 
  Dall 
  (beautiful; 
  

  

  shell, 
  y/axen 
  white 
  with 
  reddish 
  

  

  rihlets. 
  ) 
  

   Fossarus 
  com-oactus 
  

  

  pretty- 
  

   brown 
  

  

  Dall 
  (compact; 
  height 
  

  

  2.3 
  mm; 
  diameter, 
  2 
  mm.) 
  

   Foss 
  aru 
  s 
  an 
  om 
  alus 
  C 
  . 
  E.Adams 
  (irregular, 
  

  

  spiral 
  

  

  rid- 
  

  

  uneven; 
  with 
  four 
  prominent 
  

  

  ges 
  on 
  the 
  penult 
  whorl, 
  and 
  eight 
  on 
  i 
  

  

  the 
  last; 
  last 
  whorl 
  large, 
  ventricos.e. 
  ] 
  

  

  3. 
  Family 
  Sratoidae 
  . 
  (From 
  Erato, 
  one 
  

   so. 
  Also 
  the 
  Muse 
  of 
  love 
  songs.) 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  fifty 
  Nereids, 
  says 
  Ris- 
  

  

  a) 
  G 
  enus 
  Erato 
  Risso 
  

   1826.~(Fem7y~ 
  

  

  b) 
  Genus 
  

  

  rip 
  

  

  Trivia 
  

  

  Ta 
  

  

  Ercde- 
  

  

  _1837, 
  ^A 
  sur- 
  

   name 
  of 
  Diana, 
  the 
  

   goddess 
  of 
  the 
  

   crossroads. 
  Some 
  

   claim 
  that 
  these 
  

   shells 
  are 
  so 
  call- 
  

   ed 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  

   trivial 
  size 
  and 
  val- 
  

   ue, 
  Fem, 
  ) 
  

  

  Erato 
  m^au 
  geri 
  ae 
  Gray 
  (named 
  for 
  a 
  I 
  Irs. 
  

   Mauger; 
  to 
  form 
  the 
  feminine 
  of 
  Mauger, 
  

   only 
  ae 
  would 
  be 
  added 
  today; 
  Maugerae. 
  

   The 
  "i" 
  would 
  be 
  omitted.) 
  

  

  Trivi 
  a 
  antillarum 
  Schilder 
  (of 
  the 
  Antil- 
  

   les, 
  Antillean; 
  formerly 
  called 
  Trivia 
  

   s 
  ubr 
  ostrata 
  Gray 
  (somewhat 
  bentr. 
  slight- 
  

   ly 
  beaked; 
  the 
  extremities 
  are 
  obtusely 
  

   beaked. 
  ) 
  

  

  Trivia 
  candidula 
  Gaskoin 
  ( 
  r 
  at 
  he 
  r 
  whi 
  t 
  e 
  ; 
  

   vmite 
  , 
  snowy-v/hite 
  color.) 
  

  

  Trivia 
  globe 
  sa 
  Gray 
  (globe-shaped; 
  pecu- 
  

   liarly 
  globose, 
  rounded 
  like 
  a 
  pea.) 
  

  

  Triv 
  ia 
  nix 
  Schilder 
  (snow; 
  snow-white; 
  

   also 
  called 
  Tri 
  via 
  ni 
  vea 
  Gray 
  ; 
  snowy.) 
  

  

  Trivi 
  a 
  maltbiana 
  Schv/engel 
  & 
  T 
  h. 
  McGin 
  ty 
  

   (named 
  for 
  B. 
  LV'Maltby. 
  Resembles 
  Tri- 
  

   via 
  pediculus 
  but 
  "is 
  a 
  creamy 
  pink 
  with 
  

   a 
  blotch 
  in 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  back. 
  '' 
  ( 
  Schwa^l) 
  

  

  Tr 
  ivia 
  pediculus 
  Linne 
  ( 
  Lat 
  . 
  noun 
  mean- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  louse; 
  shell 
  flesh-colored, 
  back 
  

   ornamented 
  with 
  six 
  brcwn-black 
  blotche^) 
  

  

  Trivia 
  qu 
  a 
  dripu 
  nctata 
  Gray 
  (four 
  dotted; 
  

   v;ith 
  four 
  dorsal 
  red 
  spots.) 
  

  

  Tri 
  via 
  quadripunct 
  ata 
  rot 
  unda 
  Kiener 
  (ro- 
  

   tunda, 
  round; 
  shell 
  rounder 
  than 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  one. 
  ) 
  

  

  Trivi 
  a 
  suffus 
  a 
  Gray 
  (suffused; 
  one 
  color 
  

   spread 
  over 
  another; 
  shell 
  deep 
  rose 
  

   ! 
  v/ith 
  blackish 
  rnottlings, 
  ) 
  

  

  4. 
  Family 
  Cyp 
  rae 
  i 
  dae 
  . 
  (Lat, 
  Cypria, 
  a 
  surname 
  of 
  Venus, 
  the 
  Cyprian 
  

   goddess. 
  Shells 
  so 
  called 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  great 
  beauty. 
  Com- 
  

   mon 
  name; 
  The 
  Cowries.) 
  

  

  Cypraea 
  cine 
  rea 
  

  

  brov/n.'J 
  

   C;^^_£raea 
  

  

  Gmelin 
  (ashy; 
  back 
  ash- 
  

  

  spurca 
  acicularis 
  Gmelin 
  ( 
  spurca, 
  

  

  dirty; 
  color 
  whitish 
  clouded 
  v/ith 
  yellov 
  

   brown 
  spots; 
  the 
  base 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  dark 
  

   splash 
  upon 
  it, 
  Acicularis, 
  like 
  a 
  litt- 
  

  

  le 
  pin; 
  the 
  shell 
  is 
  thin 
  and 
  pointed, 
  

   Cyprae 
  a 
  spurca 
  Linn4 
  is 
  a 
  Mediterranean 
  

   species. 
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