﻿b) 
  

  

  more 
  correct, 
  as 
  it 
  

   is 
  derived 
  from 
  Gr. 
  

   polys» 
  many 
  -i- 
  nice, 
  

   victory; 
  frequent 
  

   conqueror. 
  Good 
  name 
  

   for 
  a 
  shell 
  which 
  

   attacks 
  others 
  in 
  

   search 
  of 
  its 
  food. 
  

   Polynices 
  was 
  also 
  

   the 
  son 
  of 
  OEdipus 
  

   and 
  Jocasta.Masc. 
  ) 
  

  

  Genus 
  Sigatica 
  Meyer 
  

   & 
  Aldr 
  ich 
  1886 
  . 
  (From 
  

   the 
  first 
  two 
  sylla- 
  

   bles 
  of 
  Sigaretus 
  & 
  

   the 
  last 
  two 
  sylla- 
  

   bles 
  of 
  Natica. 
  Also 
  

   called 
  G 
  enus 
  Eunati 
  - 
  

   ci 
  na 
  Eischer 
  1885 
  . 
  

   {^R.eu,well, 
  good 
  -.- 
  

   diminutive 
  of 
  natica, 
  

   buttock. 
  Fern.) 
  

  

  d) 
  

  

  57 
  ; 
  

  

  Polin 
  i 
  ces 
  nanus 
  M'dller 
  (dwarf.) 
  | 
  

  

  Polinices 
  uberinus 
  Orbigny 
  (a 
  little 
  

  

  teat, 
  udder; 
  shell 
  is 
  ventricose.) 
  | 
  

   Poli 
  nices 
  duplicatus 
  Say 
  (doubled; 
  the 
  j 
  

  

  great 
  amount 
  of 
  callus 
  makes 
  it 
  a 
  remar-j 
  

  

  kable 
  heavy 
  shell.) 
  j 
  

  

  Polinices 
  nubilus 
  Dall 
  (cloudy, 
  overcast;; 
  

  

  shell 
  grayish 
  white 
  with 
  streaks 
  of 
  very! 
  

  

  pale 
  brown.) 
  j 
  

  

  Polinices 
  immaculatus 
  Totten 
  ( 
  immaculate 
  ; 
  i 
  

  

  shell 
  milky 
  white, 
  spotless.) 
  

  

  Sigatica 
  carolinensis 
  Dall 
  ( 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  

   of 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  j 
  

  

  Sigatica 
  holograpta 
  McGinty 
  (Gr. 
  completed 
  

   ly 
  engraved.) 
  I 
  

  

  Si 
  gatica 
  seraisulcata 
  Gray 
  (half-furrowed 
  ! 
  

   with 
  spiral 
  lines,] 
  

  

  c 
  ) 
  Genus 
  A 
  mauro 
  

   Morch 
  1857. 
  

  

  psis 
  

  

  I 
  Gr 
  . 
  amau- 
  

   ros, 
  dark 
  -;- 
  opsis, 
  

   aspect, 
  appearance. 
  

   Covered 
  with 
  a 
  light 
  

   brown 
  periostracum, 
  

   Eem. 
  ) 
  

  

  Genus 
  Lu 
  natia 
  Gray 
  

   1847. 
  {Tat. 
  luna, 
  

   moon. 
  Shaped 
  like 
  a 
  

   moon, 
  Eem.) 
  Former- 
  

   ly 
  considered 
  only 
  

   as 
  a 
  s 
  ubgenus 
  of 
  

   Polinices. 
  ) 
  

  

  Ainauropsis 
  islandica 
  Gmelin 
  (Icelandic; 
  

   found 
  from 
  Labrador 
  to 
  Georges 
  Bank.) 
  

  

  Lunatia 
  fringill 
  a 
  fringilla 
  Dall 
  (frin- 
  

   gilla 
  is 
  a 
  Lat. 
  noun 
  meaning 
  a 
  small 
  

   bird, 
  a 
  chaffinch, 
  but 
  Dall 
  uses 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  

   different 
  meaning; 
  for 
  him 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  En- 
  

   glish 
  word 
  "fringe" 
  -<.- 
  the 
  suffix 
  "ilia'.' 
  

   He 
  writes; 
  "Transverse 
  sculpture 
  of 
  strong 
  

   plications 
  like 
  the 
  gathers 
  of 
  a 
  skirt." 
  

   i 
  Lunatia 
  fringilla 
  perla 
  Dall 
  ( 
  a 
  pearl; 
  

   iias 
  somewhat 
  rounder 
  whorls 
  than 
  Lunatia 
  

   fringilla 
  fringilla.) 
  , 
  

  

  Lunatia 
  groenlandica 
  Mbller 
  (Greenland; 
  i 
  

   found 
  from 
  Greenland 
  to 
  New 
  Jersey.) 
  I 
  

   Lunatia 
  heros 
  Say 
  (hero; 
  distinguished 
  b:l 
  

  

  its 
  inflated, 
  globular 
  appearance.) 
  

   Lunati 
  a 
  levicula 
  Verrill 
  ( 
  rather 
  smooth,)} 
  

   Lunatia 
  pallida 
  Broderip 
  & 
  So7/erby 
  ( 
  pale 
  - 
  ) 
  j 
  

   Lunatia 
  ten 
  uis 
  Recluz 
  (thin, 
  slender.) 
  i 
  

  

  e 
  ) 
  G 
  enus 
  Bul 
  b 
  us 
  Brown 
  

   1859 
  . 
  (Lat. 
  a 
  bulb 
  

   ( 
  like 
  of 
  tulip) 
  ; 
  

   shell 
  ventricose. 
  

   Masc 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  j 
  Lu 
  natia 
  triseriata 
  Say 
  (arranged 
  in 
  three, 
  

   ( 
  rov/s; 
  checkered 
  with 
  three 
  revolving 
  se-' 
  

  

  ries 
  of 
  bluish 
  or 
  dark 
  chestnut 
  colored 
  

   i 
  spots 
  on 
  last 
  whorl.) 
  

  

  Bulbus 
  smithi 
  Brown 
  ( 
  Smi 
  th 
  ' 
  s 
  ; 
  Bulbus 
  

   i 
  flavu 
  s 
  G 
  ould 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  (flavLis, 
  yel- 
  

   [ 
  low; 
  with 
  a 
  bright 
  straw 
  colored 
  epider- 
  

   mis,) 
  

  

  