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dktalo^ne of tlic^Mollii^dk of f\l]oJe Islai]d,^ 



BY HORACE F.' CARPENTER 



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January 1, 18/3. 



This Catalogue is a supplement to a series of papers on the (xjncliology of Rhode Island, 

 read from time to time during the past two years before the Providence Franklin Society, 

 and pnl)lished in the Central Falls "Weekly V^isitor." Being descriptions of all the Shells 

 found or liable to be found within the limits of the State, and represented in the Cabinet of 

 the Franklin Society by a collection of Shells classified and arranged as follows : 



PART FIRST.— THE TERRESTRIAL MOLLUSCA. 



The Terrestrial Mollusca of Rhode Island all belong to the Class Gasteropoda, Sub-Class 

 Pulnionifera, Order Pulmonata, and consist of 2 Sub-Orders, 5 Families, 4 Sub-Families, 20 

 Genera, and 36 Species, viz. : 



Sub-Order. Family. 

 Hi'liciilif . 



Sub-Family. Genera. 



Species. 



(iinpliila. . 



Viliiiiida'. 



Siiceinidav 



\ JU'boilon ...... .alttniaUi, t<iiij. 



'/ Angiiispira albolabris, Siiy. Iliyri)i(lc.s, Say. 



( Viti'ininif None. 



I ( II ]• J .ii'borea, »S((.v. Binncyana, i1/rt;se. cellaria, .)/!(//<;/• 



I j llyiUiiia j tluctrinii, (t'ohW. iiuleiiliUn, S;^. . _^ ^^_ 



I Ilcliccllina' •! P.-ieiuinliyaliua. .e.xigua, Stimp. iniiuiscula, liinney. -^ ^ M"rt4CniTT^-««^ 



I Striatura milium. Mor.w. /^ 'sW" • '^''vD/l/jy 



{ Conulus cliersina, Say. - ' '' 



f Vallonia iiiinnla, S(i>/. 



I i Ilelicodisciis. . . .lineala, ^Vjj/. 



[ Vallonina'. •', Patiila striatella, AnUioiiy. 



I Sirobila labyrintliica, Hui/. 



( Pimctum miuutissimiim, Lcn. 



( Succinca avai-a, Sa;/. Tolteniatia, /.eii. 



( Brachyspii-a . . . .ovalis, Gould. 



{ Zua hibricoides, Stimp. 



Pupilla penlodon, Sat/. 



{ ^£0 2 9198?: 



„ . , r 1 -1 i ainiifcia, Suy. contracta, Sau. corticarica, Sau. 



Aurii-iilina' 



Limiiopliila. Auriciilidic . . •' ■'■"""■""•^ ) CMrychium exiguum, Siy. 



( Melampiria-. ...Mclanipus bideiilaUis, Suy. 



ThaUissophila None. 



, , . \ Holk'siana, M'lme. Gouldii, Binney. milium, Old. ovata, Say. 



'*""""* '( simplex, Old. vt-ntricosa, Morse. 



t .\lcxia myosotis, Draparnaud. 



