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BY HORACE F. CARPENTER. 



January 1, 1873. 



THIS CATALOGUE is a supplement to a series of papers on the Conchology of Rhode Island, 

 read from time to time during the past two years before the Providence Franklin Society, 

 and published in the Central Falls "Weekly Visitor." Being descriptions of all the Shells 

 found or liable to be found within the limits of the State, and represented in the Cabinet of 

 the Franklin Society by a collection of Shells classified and arranged as follows: 



PART FIRST. THE TERRESTRIAL MOLLUSCA. 



The Terrestrial Mollusca of Rhode Island all belong to the Class Gasteropoda, Sub-Class 

 Pulmonifera, Order Pulmonata, and consist of 2 Sub-Orders, 5 Families, 4 Sub-Families, 20 

 Genera, and 36 Species, viz. : 



Sub-Order. Family. Sub-Family. Genera. 



Species. 



Geophila. . . , 



(.,.... ( Mesodon alternate, Say. 



' ' | Anguispira albolabris, Say. thyroides, Say. 



{ Vitrininse None. 



I arborea, Sail. Binneyana, Morse, cellaria, Mutter. 



na \ electrina, Gould, indentata, Say. 



\ HelicclliiiK -J Pseudohyalina. .exigua, Stimp. minuscula, Binney. 



Vitrinidae. . ^ | Strintura milium, Morse. 



(, Conulus chersina, Say. 



( Valloniii rainuta, Say. 



| Helicodiscus.. . .lineuta, Say. 



I Valloiiinse. -[ Patula striatella, Anthony. 



| Strobila labyrintliica, Say. 



(_ Punctum minutissimum, Lea. 



\ Succinea avara, Say. Totteniana, Lea. 



'( Brachyspira . . . .ovalis, Gould. 



{ Zua lubricoides, Stimp. 



Pupilla pentodon. Say. 



\ armifera, Say. contracta, Say. corticarica, Say. 





Limnophila. Auriculidse. . . 



( Melamplrue. ..Melampus bidentatus, Say. 



Thalaasophila None. 



T . . j Bollesiana, Morse. Gouldii, Binney. milium, Old. ovata, 8ny. 



' ( simplex, Old. ventricosa, Morse. 



Alexia myosotis, Draparnaud. 



Curycbium exlgnnm, Say. 



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