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GLOSSARY. 



SOLIDULA, soll-idd-youll-ah, rather 

 solid. 



SOLIDUS, solly-dus, | 



SOLIDA, solly-dah, J solid. 



SOLIDUM, solly-dum, ) 



SPECIES, spee-shees, the last or 

 lowest, division in the classifica- 

 tion of created things ; the indi- 

 viduals which collectively form a 

 genus. 



SPECIFIC, spe-siffik, that which 

 constitutes or belongs to a spe- 

 cies. 



SPH^RiiD^;,spheery-id-ee, a family 

 of freshwater bivalve molluscs. 



SPH^RIUM, spheery-um, a ball or 

 sphere. 



SPIRE, in univalve shells all the 

 whorls except the last or body- 

 whorl. 



SPIRORBIS, spire-orbis, having a 

 rounded spire. 



SPLENDENS, splen-dens, bright, 

 shining. 



SPORE, the seed of flowerless plants. 



STAGNALIS, stag-nay-liss, living in 

 stagnant water. 



STRIDE, stri-ee, slender thread-like 

 lines. 



STRIATE, stri-ate ; STRIATED, stri- 

 ate-ed, having slender lines. 



SUB, in composition means almost, 

 somewhat, under, &c. ; as sub- 

 globular, somewhat globular. 



SUBAPERTA, sub-ap-urt-ah, some- 

 what open. 



SUBCYLINDRICA, sub-sill-indrik-ah, 

 somewhat cylindrical. 



SUB-GENUS, a subordinate or infe- 

 rior genus, a lower division of a 

 genus. 



SUBGLOBOSA, sub-glo-bo-sah, some- 

 what rounded. 



SUBMARITIMA, sub-mar-ittim-ah, 

 living near the sea, but not quite 

 close to it 



SUBMERGE, sub-men., to put under 

 water. 



SUBRUFA, sub-roof-ah, somewhat 

 red. 



SUBSCALARIS, sub - skay - lare - iss, 

 somewhat scalariform, resembling 

 a ladder or stairs. 



SUBSTRIATA, sub-stri-ate-ah, some- 

 what striated, or marked with 

 slender lines. 



SUCCINEA, suk-sinny-ah, amber- 

 colour. 



SUCCINEJEFORMIS, suk - shiny - e- 

 formiss, shaped like Succinea. 



SuLCATE,sul-kate; SULCATED, sul- 

 kate-ed, furrowed. 



SUPER, soop-er, above, over, be- 

 yond, &c., as superstructure, that 

 which is raised or built upon or 

 above something ; supernatural, 

 beyond the usual laws of nature, 

 miraculous. 



SUTURE, soot-your, literally, a sew- 

 ing together, a seam ; in Concho- 

 logy, the hollow line which sepa- 

 rates the whorls of univalve shells. 



SYNONYM, sinno-nim, a word or 

 name which has the same meaning 

 as another. Two names given to 

 the same thing are said to be 

 synonymous, sin-onny-mus. 



T. 



TENELLUS, ten-ellus, tender. 



TENTACULATA,ten-tak-you-late-ah, 

 having tentacles. 



TENUIS, tennyou-iss, thin, slender. 



TERRESTRIAL, terr - resstry - al, 

 Earthly, belonging to the Earth ; 

 applied to species which live on 

 the land, in contradistinction to 

 those which are aquatic, or in- 

 habit the water. 



TESSELATED, tessel-ate-ed, chequer- 

 ed, variegated like a chessboard 

 with alternate colours. 



TESTACELLA, testah-sella, little 

 shell. 



TESTACELLIDJE, testah-sel-id-ee, a 

 family of land molluscs. 



TESTACEOUS, tess-tayshus, shelly, 

 composed of shelly matter. 



TINCTA, tink-tah, dyed. 



