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A GLOSSARY OF LATIN TERMS 



Sinualus, indented. 



Sinus, a hollow. 



Sipko, a pipe. 



Solutus, separated. 



Sparsus, sprinkled. 



Spina, a spine. 



Spinosus, spinous, thorny. 



Spi7-a, a spire, that end of the shell 



where the turns are perceived. 

 Spiralis, spiral. 

 Squama, a scale. 



Squamatus, scaly, covered with scales. 

 Squanwsus, scaly. 

 Squamula, a little scale. 

 Stellalus, marked with spots like stars. 

 Stria, a line raised or hollowed. 

 Striatus, marked with small hollowed 



lines. 

 Strigosus, thin, slender. 

 Sub, nearly, almost, or somewhat. 

 Subulalus, awl-shaped. 

 Succinclus, surrounded. 

 Sulcatus, with broad grooves or 



ridges. 

 Supetjicies, the surface. 

 Sutura, a seam or joining where the 



whorls unite. 



TecUis, covered. 



Tenuis, thin. 



Teres, tapering like a horn, as Den- 



tulium. 

 Terminalis, ending. 

 Ternati/s, threefold. 

 Tessellatus, marked like chequers. 

 Testa, a shell. 

 Testaceus, shelly. 

 Tttragonus, with four corners. 



Tomentosus, downy. 



Torulus, a little rope or wreathed 

 band. 



Transversus, crosswise or parallel to 

 the margin in bivalves, and spiral 

 or across the shell in univalves. 



Trapeziformis, irregularly four-sided. 



Tricuspidatus, with three points. 



Trigonus, three-cornered. 



Triqiieter, triangular, three-sided. 



Truncatus, lopped, as if something 

 was cut off. 



Ttibenidatus, with small tubercles or 

 pimples. 



Tubiilos/is, tubular. 



Tumidus, swelled. 



Turbinatus, shaped like a top, broad 

 above and small beneath. 



Turgidus, swelled, bumping. 



Turritus, when the whorls of the spire 

 are drawn out in a conic form, ma- 

 king the shell much longer than 

 broad. 



Valva, a valve, one of the pieces of a 

 bivalve shell. 



Valvula, a little valve, one of the 

 pieces of a bivalve shell. 



Varicosus, with swelled veins or su- 

 tures. 



Variegatus, variegated, of several 

 colours. 



Varix, a swelling vein or joining 

 across the whorls of univalve shells. 



Venter, the belly or last whorl of the 

 shell. 



Ventricosus, distended. 



Venlricii/osus, with a little belly. 



