﻿a) 
  Genus 
  

  

  Acteon 
  Mont 
  - 
  

   fcrt 
  1810, 
  "(Masc.) 
  

  

  is 
  gl 
  s 
  sy 
  v;lii 
  te 
  , 
  ) 
  

  

  102 
  

   shell 
  

  

  A 
  cteon 
  danaida 
  Pall 
  (allusion 
  to 
  the 
  Da- 
  j 
  

   naides 
  \tIio, 
  for 
  the 
  murder 
  of 
  their 
  hus-j 
  

   "bands, 
  ".vere 
  cond.emned 
  to 
  fill 
  with 
  wa- 
  | 
  

   ter 
  perforated 
  vessels. 
  This 
  shell 
  looksi^ 
  

   "as 
  if 
  it 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  pelted 
  by 
  a 
  j 
  

   shovirer 
  cf 
  little 
  coins", 
  \7rites 
  Dall, 
  

   Shell 
  excessively 
  punctate.) 
  

  

  A 
  cteon 
  de 
  licatus 
  Pali 
  (delicate, 
  sraa 
  1 
  1 
  

   largest 
  specimen 
  measures 
  10,0 
  rem,) 
  

  

  A 
  cteon 
  exilis 
  Jeffreys 
  ( 
  sm 
  al 
  1 
  , 
  frail,) 
  

  

  Act 
  eon 
  h 
  ehes 
  Ver 
  ri 
  11 
  (blunt; 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  

   spire 
  .y 
  

  

  A 
  cteon 
  inci 
  sus 
  Dall 
  (incised; 
  suture 
  very 
  

   distinct, 
  v/horls 
  v/ith 
  spiral 
  grooves.) 
  

  

  Acte 
  on 
  juvenis 
  Dal 
  l 
  (young; 
  shell 
  is 
  slenj- 
  

   derTT 
  

  

  Acteon 
  lacuna 
  tus 
  D 
  all 
  (having 
  a 
  ditch, 
  

   pit; 
  sculpture 
  of 
  channeled 
  grooves,) 
  

  

  Acteon 
  liostracoides 
  Dall 
  (this 
  shell 
  re- 
  

   sembles 
  a 
  Liostraca.l 
  

  

  Acteon 
  melampoides 
  Dall 
  (this 
  shell 
  looks 
  

   lil-ce 
  a 
  Llelampus, 
  ) 
  

  

  Acte 
  o 
  n 
  nitidus 
  Verri 
  ll 
  (shining; 
  white, 
  

   translucent, 
  glossyTJ 
  

  

  Acteon 
  para 
  l 
  lelu 
  s 
  Dall 
  (parallel; 
  shell 
  

   "remarkable 
  for 
  its 
  subcylindrical 
  tur- 
  

   rited 
  whorls", 
  writes 
  Dall,) 
  

  

  A 
  cteon 
  particolor 
  Sail 
  ( 
  variegated;\7hite 
  

   with 
  three 
  brovm 
  spiral 
  bands 
  on 
  the 
  

   last 
  whorl, 
  ) 
  

  

  Acteon 
  perf 
  oratus 
  Dall 
  (perforated; 
  has 
  

   strong 
  punctate 
  grooves, 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  

   umbilical 
  perforation,) 
  

  

  Acteon 
  propior 
  Dall 
  (propius, 
  being 
  the 
  

   neuter, 
  is 
  not 
  correct; 
  nearer; 
  it 
  re- 
  

   sembles 
  Acteon 
  nitidus, 
  but 
  has 
  a 
  larger 
  

   aperture, 
  ) 
  

  

  Acteon 
  punctostriatus 
  C, 
  3, 
  Adams 
  ( 
  covered 
  

   with 
  dots; 
  shell 
  with 
  revolving 
  punctate 
  

   striae 
  or 
  lines, 
  Caileds 
  Broken-line 
  Ac- 
  

   teon.) 
  

  

  Acteon 
  pu 
  sil 
  lus 
  Forbes 
  ( 
  tiny 
  , 
  ) 
  

  

  Acteon 
  semi 
  cingulatus 
  Dall 
  (half 
  girdled; 
  

   surface 
  spirally 
  striated 
  on 
  the 
  ante- 
  

   rior 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  v/horl,) 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  an 
  American 
  naturalist. 
  

  

  b 
  ) 
  Genus 
  Ovula 
  c 
  t 
  aeon 
  

   Da 
  ll 
  1 
  889, 
  fSuch 
  is 
  

   Dall's 
  spelling. 
  From 
  

   the 
  diininutive 
  of 
  

   ovum, 
  egg 
  -»-actaeon, 
  

   that 
  mythological 
  

   hero, 
  or 
  actaeos, 
  

   m.eaning 
  dwelling 
  on 
  i 
  

   the 
  shore, 
  lilasc.) 
  

  

  Family 
  Ringiculida 
  e. 
  (Lat, 
  verb 
  ringi, 
  to 
  show 
  one's 
  teeth. 
  The 
  co- 
  

   lumella 
  bears 
  folds; 
  the 
  outer 
  lip 
  is 
  toothed.) 
  

  

  QyiLilac 
  taeo 
  n 
  m 
  eeki 
  Dall 
  (named 
  for 
  Field- 
  

   ing 
  B, 
  Meek, 
  

   1817-1876,) 
  

  

  