﻿a 
  ) 
  Genus 
  Melongena 
  

   S 
  c 
  humacher 
  1817 
  . 
  

   {^ort 
  of 
  apple 
  or 
  

   eggplant, 
  Fem, 
  ) 
  

  

  75 
  

   Melon£ena_co 
  rona 
  To 
  ispinosa 
  Philipp 
  i( 
  two 
  

  

  rows 
  of 
  spines. 
  T~ 
  

   Melongena 
  corona 
  est 
  e 
  phomena 
  Melvill 
  ( 
  Gr 
  , 
  

   participle 
  of 
  steDho, 
  encircled, 
  crown- 
  

   ed.) 
  " 
  I 
  

   Melongena 
  coron 
  a 
  inspina 
  t 
  a 
  Richards 
  (spi- 
  

   neless; 
  spines 
  are 
  absent, 
  ) 
  

   M 
  elongena 
  corona 
  martiniana 
  Philippi 
  ( 
  na- 
  

   med 
  for 
  Martini, 
  a 
  German 
  naturalist, 
  

   1729-1778.) 
  

   Melongena 
  c 
  orona 
  minor 
  Sowerby 
  (dwarf; 
  

  

  50 
  mm. 
  more 
  or 
  lessTl 
  

   Melongena 
  corona 
  perspinosa 
  Pilsbry 
  & 
  

   Vanatta 
  (very 
  spiny; 
  shoulder 
  spines 
  

   j 
  are 
  more 
  numerous.) 
  

  

  ^ 
  Melongena 
  corona 
  subcoronata 
  Hei 
  l 
  prin 
  

   j 
  ( 
  somewliat 
  crowned; 
  not 
  as 
  well 
  crowned 
  

   I 
  as 
  the 
  others, 
  one 
  row 
  of 
  horizontal 
  

   j 
  shoulder 
  spines 
  and 
  one 
  basal 
  row. 
  This 
  

  

  is 
  a 
  Pliocene 
  subspecies.) 
  

   ' 
  Melongena 
  melongena 
  Linne 
  . 
  

  

  Busycon 
  canalicula 
  t 
  um 
  Linne 
  (channeled; 
  

   the 
  shell 
  is 
  deeply 
  channeled 
  at 
  suture^' 
  

  

  Busycon 
  coarctatum 
  Sowerby 
  (constricted, 
  

   pressed 
  together; 
  canal 
  very 
  narrov/.) 
  

  

  Busycon 
  spiratum 
  Lamarck 
  (spiral, 
  coiled; 
  

   with 
  rounded 
  shoulders. 
  Formerly 
  known 
  

   as 
  Busycon 
  pyrum 
  Dillwyn 
  (a 
  pear.) 
  

  

  Busycon 
  carica 
  Gmelin 
  ( 
  Lat 
  . 
  noun 
  meaning 
  

   a 
  fig; 
  shell 
  is 
  pear-shaped.) 
  

  

  Busycon 
  contrarium 
  Conrad 
  ( 
  contrary 
  ; 
  this 
  

   shell 
  is 
  left-handed. 
  ) 
  

  

  Busycon 
  perversum 
  Linn 
  e 
  (perverse; 
  this 
  

   shell 
  can 
  be 
  either 
  right-handed 
  or 
  

   left-handed. 
  If 
  right-handed, 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  

   called 
  Busycon 
  eliceans 
  Montfort 
  (deri- 
  

   ved 
  from 
  elix, 
  a 
  gutter, 
  canal; 
  the 
  can- 
  

   al 
  of 
  this 
  shell 
  is 
  considerably 
  swollenj; 
  

   i 
  if 
  left-handed, 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  known 
  as 
  Bu- 
  

   ! 
  sycon 
  perversxim 
  kieneri 
  Philippi 
  (Kie- 
  

   1 
  ner's; 
  named 
  for 
  L. 
  C. 
  Kiener, 
  a 
  French 
  

   •- 
  malacologist. 
  ) 
  

  

  4, 
  F 
  amily 
  ITassariidae 
  . 
  (Lat, 
  nassa, 
  a 
  wicker 
  basket 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   neck. 
  Common 
  name; 
  Basket 
  Shells.) 
  

  

  b 
  ) 
  Genus 
  Busyc 
  on 
  Ro 
  - 
  

   ding 
  1798. 
  fGr. 
  

   bousycon, 
  a 
  large, 
  

   coarse 
  fig. 
  The 
  

   shell 
  bears 
  a 
  re- 
  

   semblane 
  to 
  a 
  fig. 
  

   Neuter, 
  ) 
  

  

  ITassarius 
  acutus 
  

  

  ITassarius 
  Du- 
  

  

  a) 
  Ge 
  nus 
  

  

  meril 
  1806, 
  (Used 
  

   to 
  be 
  called 
  Nassa, 
  

   which 
  is 
  fem. 
  Nas- 
  

   sarius 
  is 
  masc.) 
  

  

  Say 
  (pointed.) 
  

  

  Nassarius 
  vibex 
  Say 
  (the 
  mark 
  of 
  a 
  blow; 
  

   bruised, 
  black 
  and 
  blue; 
  encircled 
  with 
  

   ashy, 
  brown 
  and 
  blue 
  zones.) 
  

   Nassarius 
  ambiguus 
  Pultney 
  ( 
  arab 
  i 
  gu 
  ou 
  s 
  ; 
  

  

  doubtful 
  J 
  variable. 
  ) 
  

   Nassarius 
  consen 
  sus 
  Rave 
  nel 
  (agreed 
  upon; 
  

  

  this 
  spe- 
  

   of 
  En- 
  

  

  distinguish 
  

   incrassatus 
  

  

  name 
  agreed 
  upon 
  to 
  

   cies 
  from 
  Nassarius 
  

   gland.) 
  

  

  Nassarius 
  hotessieri 
  Orbigny 
  (Hotessier's 
  

   named 
  for 
  Saint-Cyr 
  Hotessier, 
  a 
  concho- 
  

  

  