ANALOGIES OF THE STROMBIN^. 



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Analogies of the Genera of the Strombi^ ^. 



Genera of 

 Strombin^. 



Pterocera. 

 Stro77ibus. 



Strombidea. 

 Rostellaria. 



Sub-families of the 

 Strombid*. 



Apurrhais. 



Analogies. 



Outer lip greatly dilated, andlobed. Strombin^e. 

 ("Outer lip detached above, and en- 7 /^^„,„„ 

 i tire. j Conine. 



r Outer lip not detached, but gib-^ 



< bous ; both lips thickened, and >CoLUMBELLiNiE. 

 C generally striated. J 



Shell long, slender, fusiform. Pleurotomin*. 



r Shell club-shaped when young ; T 



< the channel very short, and S- CerithiNjE, 

 (. twisted on one side. J 



These variations take place in precisely the same or- 

 der as that in which the relations of affinity occur ; for 

 each of these columns is a circular group, — the genus 

 Aporrhais being as much connected to Fterocera as to 

 Rostellaria. Turning to the other group, we perceive 

 the very same affinity between Cerithium and Strombus, 

 through the medium of Aporrhais, as between Cerithium 

 and Pleurotoma. The resemblance between Strombidea 

 and the typical Columbellince, again, cannot be mistaken ; 

 for the outer lip of both forms a sort of angle or gib- 

 bosity, altogether peculiar to these two groups. This 

 remarkable thickening, in short, of the lips in Strombidea, 

 renders the genus a prototype of the Columhellince, as 



well as of the Mar - 

 ginellince. Rostella- 

 ria and the Fleuro- 

 tomincB arethe only 

 fusiform groups in 

 the whole family; 

 while the likeness 

 ;)f a young Apor- 

 rhais to the Ceri- 

 thince need not be 

 dwelt upon. The 

 resemblance between such shells as Strombus Luhuanu-s 

 (fi(j. 1(). a), when young (b), and Conus amadis (c), 

 and others, is so great, that an unpractised eye can 

 hardly tell the difference. 



