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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. 



AN ATI N A, 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. 



ANTIVER i IGO, 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 - um, 

 living in 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. 



BIGRANATA, bi-granc-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. 



BRANCHIAE, branky-ee, the respira- 

 tory or breathing organs ; the 

 gills. 



BRANCHIAL, branky-al, belonging 

 to the branchiae or gills. 



BROCHONIANA, brok-o-ne-ane-ah, 

 See note, p. 189. 



