﻿Genus 
  Cypraea 
  Linn^ 
  

   1758. 
  iFeniTl 
  

  

  55 
  

   Cypr 
  a 
  ea 
  mus 
  Linn 
  e 
  (a 
  mouse; 
  mouse- 
  colored| 
  

  

  is 
  from 
  the 
  Southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Cari"b- 
  ; 
  

  

  bean 
  Sea.) 
  j 
  

  

  Cypraea 
  zebra 
  Linne 
  (zebra; 
  formerly 
  calif 
  

   ed. 
  exanthema 
  L 
  i 
  rme 
  , 
  Gr, 
  Lat. 
  noun 
  mean- 
  j 
  

   ing 
  measles; 
  measled. 
  Brown 
  or 
  pale 
  cho-i 
  

   colate 
  with 
  round 
  white 
  spots, 
  some 
  of 
  ! 
  

   v/hich 
  are 
  ocellated.) 
  j 
  

  

  Cypraea 
  cervus 
  Linne 
  (cervus, 
  a 
  buck,stagi 
  

   It 
  reminds 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  a 
  deer, 
  j 
  

   Smaller 
  spots 
  than 
  the 
  preceding 
  one, 
  

   and 
  these 
  spots 
  are 
  rarely 
  ocellated.) 
  ■ 
  

  

  Family 
  O 
  vu 
  lidae 
  . 
  (Lat, 
  ovulum, 
  

   Shells. 
  T" 
  

  

  a 
  little 
  egg. 
  Common 
  name: 
  Egg 
  

  

  a) 
  

  

  b) 
  

  

  Genus 
  Prim 
  e 
  vxila 
  

   Thiele_19 
  asTT^at 
  . 
  

   primus, 
  first 
  -i- 
  

   ovulum, 
  little 
  egg, 
  

   rem. 
  ) 
  

  

  Primovula 
  carnea 
  Poiret 
  (flesh-colored; 
  

   pink 
  to 
  yellow."] 
  

  

  Prim 
  ovula 
  vanhyn 
  i 
  ngi 
  LI. 
  Smith 
  (named 
  in 
  

   honor 
  of 
  Dr. 
  T. 
  Van 
  Hyning, 
  Director 
  of 
  

   the 
  Florida 
  State 
  Museum, 
  Gainesville.) 
  

  

  Genus 
  Pe 
  dic 
  ularia 
  i 
  

  

  Swa 
  inson 
  1840 
  . 
  (Lat 
  . 
  i 
  

  

  pedicuiaris, 
  pertain- 
  j 
  Pedicularia 
  decussata 
  Gould 
  (decussated.) 
  

  

  ing 
  to 
  lice; 
  these 
  | 
  

  

  shells 
  are 
  parasites. 
  

  

  Fem, 
  ) 
  L 
  

  

  I 
  Feosimnia 
  acicula 
  r 
  is 
  Lamarc 
  k 
  (Lat. 
  acicu- 
  

   ! 
  la, 
  little 
  pin; 
  like 
  a 
  little 
  pin; 
  thin 
  

   I 
  and 
  pointed, 
  ) 
  

  

  ITeo 
  s 
  imnia 
  aur 
  eocincta 
  Pall 
  (girdled 
  with 
  

   gold; 
  color 
  pure 
  white 
  with 
  a 
  golden 
  

   yellow 
  band 
  winding 
  round 
  the 
  shell.) 
  

   Heosimnia 
  piragua 
  Pall 
  (pirogue; 
  shell 
  

   slender, 
  narrow 
  and 
  long, 
  regularly 
  ta- 
  

  

  c 
  ) 
  Genus 
  Weos 
  imn 
  i 
  a 
  

   Fis 
  cher 
  1884 
  . 
  T 
  Gr. 
  

   neos, 
  new 
  -;- 
  simnia, 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  fifty 
  l^e- 
  

   reids, 
  according 
  to 
  

   Risso. 
  Formerly 
  

   known 
  as 
  G 
  enus 
  S 
  im- 
  

   nia 
  Risso 
  1826. 
  Fem. 
  ) 
  

  

  d 
  ) 
  Genus 
  Cyphoma 
  Ro 
  - 
  

   ding 
  1798 
  . 
  (Gr. 
  a 
  

   hump, 
  '^leuter.) 
  

  

  pered. 
  ) 
  

  

  ITeosimnia 
  inten?ied 
  i 
  a 
  Sowerby 
  (intermedia-} 
  

   te; 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  shell 
  characters, 
  it 
  j 
  

   alternated 
  betv/een 
  Cyphoma 
  and 
  Simnia,) 
  | 
  

  

  ITeosimnia 
  uniplicata 
  Sowerby 
  (uniforml-y 
  j 
  

   striate, 
  surface 
  covered 
  v/ith 
  sharp 
  fvr-i 
  

   rows, 
  parallel 
  v/ith 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  grov/tlL.i 
  

  

  Cyphoma 
  gibbosum 
  Linne 
  ( 
  hump-backed 
  ; 
  ther 
  J 
  

   is 
  a 
  strong 
  elevated 
  ridge 
  across 
  the 
  j 
  

   back 
  of 
  the 
  shell. 
  Shell's 
  name 
  is 
  a 
  | 
  

   tautology 
  as 
  it 
  iiieans 
  hump-backed 
  hump.\ 
  

  

  Cyphoma 
  intermed 
  ium 
  Sov/erb 
  y 
  ( 
  intermediat 
  

  

  Cyphoma 
  macginty 
  i 
  P 
  ilsbry 
  (named 
  in 
  ho 
  no 
  

   of 
  Thomas 
  L. 
  McGinty, 
  1907- 
  .) 
  

  

  Cyp 
  homa 
  macgintyi 
  robusti 
  us 
  Bayer 
  (more 
  r 
  

   bust; 
  broad, 
  thick, 
  heavyTT 
  

  

  Cyp 
  hom. 
  a 
  signa 
  tura 
  Pilsbry 
  & 
  McGinty 
  ( 
  the 
  

   authors 
  write; 
  "Our 
  naine 
  for 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  

   field 
  v/as 
  "fingerprint 
  Cyphoma" 
  from 
  th 
  

   markings 
  of 
  the 
  mantle. 
  Unfortunately 
  

   the 
  Rome 
  police 
  did 
  not 
  practice 
  finger 
  

  

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