GLOSSARY. 103 



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calcareous, chalky. 



Cantidna, inhabiting Kent. 



caperdta, wrinkled. 



capuloides, resembling a handle. 



cardinal, applied to bivalves, belonging to the hinge. 



carindtus, keeled. 



carnivorous, eating animal matter. 



Gartusidna, named after a Carthusian monastery. 



CarycJiiidce. A Family of mollnsks, from the typical genus 

 Carychium. 



Carychium. A genus named after a marine shell. 



celldrius, inhabiting cellars. 



cinerea, ash coloured. 



GlausUia. The name of a genus with an appendage called 

 a clausilium. (See page 87.) 



Cochlicopa, a shell with a notch. 



columella, a small column ; the technical term for the axis 

 (q. V.). 



compdcta, compact. 



complandtus, flattened. 



compressa, compressed. 



concave, hollow. 



concentric, having the same centre. 



Conchifera. Shell-bearing; the name of the Class com- 

 prising bivalves. 



Conchology. " Conchology treats of the Mollusca, or that 

 great division of invertebrate animals which have soft 

 bodies and an organization superior to that of insects 

 and only inferior to that of fishes." 



concinna, neat. 



conica, conical. 



