portland catalogue — rehder 

 Nineteenth Day's Sale.. 



MONDAY THa 15th of M AY» 1781?. 



SHELLS, CORALS, (fc. 



SOT 



J1JJ4 TP^IFTEEN cards, containing various fpecies of Nerlta, among which are 



J^ Canrcna, albumen, MamiUa, pelorontha, &c. 

 igjj Four fine Oftrez, viz. Eburnca, .fquamofa.and 2 lurida, A — all rare 



1926 Eight fine Petrifaftions, viz. 2 Strombus iuOator, Srart/frr'j Fofs. HaxHu.fl. J. 



jig. 64. an Anomia Gryphites, L. an Echinitea from Ftrena, &c; 



1927 Fourteen Bivalves of various genera, among which are a Tellina radiata, » 



Oftrca maxima, /,._^ii', 3 Areas, &c. 

 IfjiS Nine cards of various fpecies of Englifti Crabs, viz. Cancer plfum, mimitus^. 



plialangium male and female, Dorfettenfis ; Aftscus Bernhatdus, all JefiriM 



ly Pennant, and the eared Crab, nos ilefcrlpt. 

 1929 A very large and fine Buccinum Galea, L. or tun (hell from the Meilitrraneait 

 19JO Six different curious Ovaries of marine (hell-fi(h, and 4 eggs of Helix ovipara, 



Lijler, 23. 21. feme |>earls, &c.. 

 11951 Seven cards containing various fpecies of Cardium,. viz. one valve ofh»ni- 



cardium, 2. odd. valves ofieiufum, medium, i. muricatum, ciliaic & varic- 



gatum, 5. 

 193* Fourteen cards of different fpecies of Needle Buccina, viz. Hcifticuni, flrigila- 



tum, bnceatum, S. torolofum, aniculatum, pertufum, caprtolus, cinercum, 



& fufus,.5. 

 1933 A ,fmall Echinus rofaceus and 7. varieties of Echinus orbiculus, L.—fam rare 

 J934 Six fine f;ccle5 of Venus, viz. Deflorata, literata, mcrctrix, 8ic. 

 iQj^ Two pair of very rare fpecies ofVoluta, viz. Sanguifuga, X.. and turrlcula,, 



S.—fne 



1936 Two fine varieties of ChamaXjigas, Z. or furbelovved clamp 



1937 A beautiful Oftrea nodofa, or.Duck's-foot i'ciflen, and Oflrea plica, L. Icth rare 



1938 Three fine varieties of Murex ramofuf, viz. the Stag's horn, and j others 

 jrtjo Three kinds of Pbolas, ««f /CTW</r<//« ^wo</, a fmall rare Sulen, a Mya, ic. 



1940 A fine |>air of Voluta calata and another of I'cpo, S. Mariyn, /-'el. III. 



fi- 768—770 



1941 A pair of very fine Trochui Solaris, L. cr^un fhell, from the fK !nil,'e! — raiv 

 J94J Six fine fpecimens of Trochus, viz. 2 of Granofus from Nevj-ZealanM, Martyi:, 



Vol. l.fs' 37' '■" ^ maculatus, L. and 2 others 



VdmumJIactous and ethir JNIMylLS^ VEGETABLES, Vc. in SPIRITS. 

 J943 A fine clufter of Lepas Cgnita, S. found in the Briiijb Chaniiei, the animal 

 Terebella, iviti it's augur, of the Teredo navalis, or fhip-worm, and fundry 

 Orwia of BucciDum uodatum, L. i« 3 iotikt 1944 A 



Figure 2. — A sample page (87) of the "Catalogue of the Portland Museum." 



The Valid Names 



15 "Strombus Fusus, L. Persicus, or Persian Spindle, a pair, 



Jine, Lister. 854. 12." 

 Tibia insulachorab Roding, 1798 



Strombus Fusus L. Persicus [Lightfoot, 1786], p. 3. 

 Rosiellaria curvirostris Lamarck, 1816, p. 4. 



Because Lightfoot used Persicus as a geographic adjectival trinomial 

 and placed it in italics, I consider this name as invalidly proposed. 

 It should be noted that in almost all cases the geographic origin of the 

 specimens listed is given in italics, and in those cases, relatively few 



