The smaller sea-shells 



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to enable young collectors to determine at least the 

 generic name of a good many small shells. 



Of a shy little Indian girl, in the village of Met- 

 lakatla, Alaska, I bought the shaggy shell, a drawing ' 

 of which is shown in Figure 180. Its name is Argo- 

 buccinum oregonense, Redf., and it is otherwise 

 known as T'riton, ^ritoniuui^ and Priene oregonense^ 

 any one of which may mean the Oregon Triton. It is 

 found in northern 

 waters and it is a 

 very unique spe- 

 cies, easily recog- 

 nized by its fusi- 

 form shape, nu- 

 merous varices, 

 and its h a i r v, 

 brownish epider- 

 mis. The inside of 

 the shell is pure 

 white. It has been 

 reported as far 

 south as Monterey. 



Another fine 

 Triton, a beautiful 

 picture of which is 

 shown in Figure 

 181, is named 

 Cy7nathi7n corru- 

 gatu7n^ var. trem- 

 peri^ Dall, Trem- 

 per's Triton. The 

 shell is spindle- 



Fig. 181 



