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  a 
  lium 
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  off 
  Amalia, 
  St, 
  Thomas 
  Island,) 
  

   Dentalium 
  calamus 
  Pall 
  (Masc, 
  Latin 
  noun 
  

  

  shell 
  

  

  a 
  pen; 
  

  

  meaning 
  a 
  reed, 
  also 
  

   slightly 
  arched.) 
  

   Dentalium 
  circumcinctura 
  Watson 
  

  

  IS 
  

  

  shell 
  closely 
  and 
  regularly 
  

   Dentalium 
  eboreum 
  Conrad 
  (ivory; 
  

  

  _ 
  (girdled; 
  

  

  girt 
  roundj 
  

  

  yellow- 
  

  

  ish, 
  milky 
  and 
  shining.) 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  semi 
  s 
  trio 
  latum 
  Guilding 
  (half 
  

   furrowed 
  or 
  grooved; 
  on 
  some 
  portions 
  

   of 
  the 
  shell 
  there 
  are 
  fine 
  grooves, 
  on 
  

   others 
  perfect 
  smoothness.) 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  call 
  ip 
  eplum 
  Pal 
  l 
  (Gr. 
  callipe- 
  

   plos, 
  with 
  "beautiful 
  robe 
  or 
  beautiful- 
  

   ly 
  clad; 
  shell 
  highly 
  polished 
  and 
  shi- 
  

   ning; 
  ivory 
  white 
  or 
  flesh 
  color.) 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  perl 
  o 
  ngu 
  m 
  Pall 
  (very 
  long; 
  it 
  

   measures 
  from 
  54 
  to 
  90 
  mm.) 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  sowerbyi 
  Gu 
  i 
  lding 
  ( 
  Sowerby 
  ' 
  s 
  ; 
  

   named 
  for 
  George 
  Brettingham 
  Sowerby, 
  

   son 
  of 
  a 
  distinguished 
  naturalist 
  and 
  

   father 
  of 
  George 
  B, 
  Sowerby 
  Jr, 
  who 
  

   wrote 
  A 
  Conchological 
  Manual, 
  He 
  himself 
  

   is 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  The 
  Genera 
  of 
  Recent 
  

   and 
  Fossil 
  Shells, 
  1788-1854.) 
  

  

  Dental 
  i 
  um 
  sowerbyi 
  pelliceri 
  Henderson 
  

   ( 
  dedicated 
  to 
  Captain 
  Gaspar 
  Pellicer 
  

   of 
  the 
  "Thomas 
  Barrera".) 
  

  

  Dental 
  ium 
  ensiculus 
  Jeffreys 
  (Lat, 
  noun 
  

   meaning 
  a 
  dagger, 
  a 
  small 
  sword; 
  shell 
  

   rather 
  strongly 
  arched 
  and 
  keeled 
  on 
  

   convex 
  and 
  concave 
  sides. 
  Dagger 
  Denta- 
  

   lium. 
  ) 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  op 
  h 
  iodon 
  Dall 
  (Gr. 
  ophis, 
  a 
  

   serpent, 
  snake 
  -:- 
  olous, 
  odont-, 
  tooth; 
  

   shell 
  thin 
  but 
  strong, 
  considerably 
  curH 
  

   ved, 
  of 
  white 
  color.) 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  pr 
  e 
  s 
  sum 
  Pilsbry 
  & 
  S 
  harp 
  ( 
  

   strongly 
  compressed 
  or 
  flattened.) 
  

  

  D 
  e 
  ntaliu 
  m 
  steno 
  s 
  chiz 
  u 
  m 
  Pils 
  b 
  ry 
  & 
  Sharp 
  

  

  "Xor. 
  stenos, 
  narrow 
  -.- 
  schiza, 
  a 
  cleft. 
  

   It 
  possesses 
  an 
  extremely 
  long 
  and 
  nar- 
  

   row 
  apical 
  slit,) 
  

  

  