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  d) 
  

  

  Genus 
  Pleuropl 
  o 
  c 
  a 
  

   P. 
  Fisc 
  her 
  18 
  847TGr 
  . 
  

   pleuron, 
  side, 
  rib 
  

   •— 
  ploce, 
  a 
  twining, 
  

   plaiting, 
  anything 
  

   plaited, 
  Fern. 
  )Por- 
  

   merly 
  listed 
  as 
  

   Genus 
  Fasciolaria 
  

   Lamarck, 
  ) 
  

  

  e) 
  

  

  Genus 
  Fu 
  sinu 
  s 
  Rafi 
  - 
  

   ne 
  sque 
  1815 
  . 
  {Tat 
  • 
  

   fusus, 
  a 
  spindle; 
  

   a 
  little 
  spindle, 
  

  

  Masc. 
  ) 
  

  

  Fasciolaria 
  tulipa 
  schee 
  p 
  makeri 
  (Punker 
  ) 
  

  

  Melvill 
  (.Scheepmaker' 
  s. 
  . 
  

   Fasci 
  o 
  la 
  ria 
  raeekiana 
  Pall 
  ( 
  Me 
  ek 
  ' 
  s 
  ; 
  

  

  f 
  

  

  named 
  

  

  for 
  F.B. 
  

  

  Meek, 
  

  

  an 
  American 
  ITaturaJist.) 
  

  

  Pleuroploca 
  gi 
  ga 
  ntea 
  Kiener 
  (gigantic; 
  

   this 
  shell 
  may 
  reach 
  up 
  to 
  two 
  feet.) 
  

  

  Pleuroploca 
  gigantea 
  reevei 
  P 
  h 
  ilippi 
  ( 
  

   Reeve's; 
  named 
  for 
  Lovell 
  Augustus 
  ReevQ 
  

   a 
  famous 
  English 
  conchologist 
  who 
  wrote 
  

   Conchologia 
  Iconica 
  in 
  20 
  volumes.) 
  

  

  Fusi 
  n 
  us 
  alcimus 
  Pall 
  (Gr. 
  strong, 
  stout.) 
  

   Fusinus 
  alcimus 
  rushi 
  Pall 
  (named 
  for 
  

  

  Pr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Rush, 
  U.S. 
  Navy.) 
  

   Fusinus 
  aepynotus 
  Pall 
  (Gr, 
  high-backed.) 
  

   Fusinus 
  amiantu 
  s 
  Pall 
  (Gr. 
  unspotted; 
  

  

  shell 
  pure 
  white 
  v;ith 
  a 
  straw-colored 
  

  

  nucleus. 
  ) 
  

   F 
  usinus 
  amphiurgus 
  Pall 
  (Gr, 
  

  

  both 
  sides; 
  "peculiar 
  bevel 
  

  

  per 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  whorls", 
  

  

  it 
  slopes, 
  roof-like, 
  to 
  the 
  

   Fusinus 
  benthalis 
  Pall 
  (Gr, 
  

  

  worked 
  on 
  

   of 
  the 
  up- 
  

   writes 
  Pall; 
  

   periphery, 
  ) 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  

  

  in 
  15-229 
  

  

  depths 
  of 
  the 
  sea; 
  dredged 
  

  

  f 
  athoms 
  . 
  ) 
  

   Fusinus 
  bullatus 
  Pall 
  (Lat. 
  bulla, 
  a 
  

  

  bubble; 
  inflated; 
  sv/ollen 
  nucleus.) 
  

   Fusinus 
  couei 
  Petit 
  de 
  la 
  Saussaye 
  (Coue 
  ' 
  ^ 
  

   Fusinus 
  e 
  uco 
  s 
  mius 
  Pall 
  (Gr. 
  well 
  adorned, 
  

  

  graceful; 
  color 
  of 
  a 
  ripe 
  apricot.) 
  

   Fusinus 
  halistreptus 
  Pall 
  (Gr. 
  rolled 
  to 
  

  

  and 
  fro 
  in 
  the 
  sea. 
  ) 
  (Shell 
  pure 
  white.) 
  

   Fusinus 
  helenae 
  Bartsch 
  ( 
  Helen 
  ' 
  s 
  . 
  ) 
  

   Fusinus 
  schrammi 
  Crosse 
  (Schramm's; 
  named 
  

  

  for 
  A. 
  Schramm, 
  a 
  French 
  conchologist 
  

  

  of 
  Paris 
  and 
  Guadeloupe 
  who 
  died 
  in 
  187 
  6' 
  

   Fusinus 
  dowianus 
  Olsson 
  ( 
  Pow 
  ' 
  s 
  ; 
  n 
  ame 
  d 
  for 
  

  

  Tom 
  Pow 
  of 
  South 
  Iliami, 
  Florida. 
  Shell 
  

  

  collected 
  off 
  the 
  northeast 
  coast 
  of 
  

  

  Honduras. 
  ) 
  

   Fusinus 
  timessus 
  Pall 
  (Gr, 
  timeeis, 
  fem. 
  

  

  timeessa, 
  valued, 
  prized, 
  valuable; 
  

  

  " 
  remarkable 
  species 
  for 
  its 
  short 
  and 
  

  

  rapidly 
  increasing 
  spire, 
  large 
  body 
  

  

  v/horl 
  and 
  rapidly 
  tapering 
  canal; 
  it 
  

  

  has 
  no 
  parallel 
  among 
  recent 
  species," 
  

  

  writes 
  Pall.) 
  

   Fusinus 
  vitreus 
  Pall 
  (vitreous, 
  glassy; 
  

  

  shell 
  white, 
  thin.) 
  

  

  Family 
  Xancida 
  e. 
  (Rbding 
  derives 
  Xancus 
  from 
  the 
  Sanskrit 
  S4.nkha; 
  

   a 
  conch, 
  shell. 
  Common 
  name; 
  Chank 
  or 
  Vishnu 
  Shells.) 
  

  

  a) 
  Genus 
  Xa 
  ncus 
  R 
  'dding 
  '■. 
  Xancus 
  ang 
  u 
  latus 
  Solande 
  r 
  (angular; 
  an- 
  

   1798 
  , 
  {MascJ" 
  : 
  gulate 
  at 
  the 
  shoulder,! 
  

  

  