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GLOSSARY. 



Albo-fasciata, albo-fayshy-ate- 

 ah, banded with white. 



Albus, al-buss, white. 



Alliarius, alley-airy-uss, garlicky, 

 smelling of garlic. 



Alpestris, al-pess-triss, inhabiting 

 high land. 



Amnicum, amnykum, living in 

 rivers. The i is pronounced like 

 the y in shortly. 



Amorphous, am-or-fuss, having 

 no regular form. 



Ampullaceous, am-pul-lay-shuss, 

 in the form of a flask. 



Anal, ane-al, pertaining to the vent. 



Anatina, anna-ti-nah, belonging 

 to ducks. 



Ancylus, ansil-us, hooked, 



ANDROGYNOUS, an-drodge-in-uss, 

 combining both sexes in the same 

 individual. 



Angustior, ang-gussty-or, nar- 

 rower. 



Anodonta, anno-don-tah, tooth- 

 less. 



Anterior, an-teery-or, the front ; 

 in bivalve shells the side opposite 

 to that on which the ligament is 

 placed ; in spiral univalves that 

 part of the shell which is furthest 

 removed from the apex, 



AntiveriigO, anty-ver-ti-go, not 

 reversed, or turned the wrong way. 



Aperture, appert-your, an open- 

 ing, the mouth of univalve shells. 



Apical, ape-ik-al, belonging to the 

 apex. 



Apex, a-pex, the tip or nucleus 

 which is the first formed portion 

 of the shell. 



Aquatic, ak-watt-ik, pertaining to 

 or inhabiting water. 



Arborum, arbor-um, living in 

 trees. 



Arbustorum, ar - bus - tore - urn, 

 living m copses. 



Arion, ar-i-on, the name of an 



ancient musician. 

 Articulated, ar-tik-you-late-ed, 

 jointed. 



Aspersa, asp-er-sah, [^besprinkled 



(as with water). 

 Ater, ate-er, black. 

 Atro-purpurea, a-tro pur-pewry- 



ah, dark purple. 

 Attenuated, at-ten-you-ate-ed, 



of a slender form ; gradually 



tapering ; disproportionately 



slender in part. 

 AuRicuLARiA, awe-rik-you-lairy. 



ah, ear-shaped. 

 Axis, aks-iss, in Conchology, the 



pillar or column around which 



the whorls or volutions of a spiral 



shell are twisted. 



B. 



Balia, baily ah, striped (or bay- 

 coloured ?). 



Basal, bay-sal, belonging to the 

 base. 



Base, the lower termination of any 

 part. 



BiDENTATA, bi-den-tate-ah, with 

 two teeth. 



Big RAN AT A, bi-grane-ate-ah, lite- 

 rally, having two grains ; with 

 two denticles, or small teeth. 



Bilobed, by-lobe'd, having two 

 lobes or divisions. 



BiPLiCATA, by-plik-ate-ah, having 

 two folds. 



Bisexual, by-seks-you-al, partak- 

 ing of the nature of both sexes. 



Bivalve, by-valve, a shell with two 

 valves or pieces. 



Bizona, bi-zone-ah, with two bands 

 or belts. 



Boss, a projecting knob. 



Brackish, brak-ish, moderately 

 salt. 



Branchi^, branky-ee, the respira- 

 tory or breathing organs ; the 

 gills. 



Branchial, branky-al, belong'ng 

 to the branchiae or gills. 



Brochoniana, broic-o-ne-ane-ah. 

 See note, p. 189. 



