GLOSSARY. 103 
C. 
calcareous, chalky. 
Cantidna, inhabiting Kent. 
caperata, wrinkled. 
capuloides, resembling a handle. 
cardinal, applied to bivalves, belonging to the hinge. 
- carindtus, keeled. 
carnivorous, eating animal matter. 
Cartusidna, named after a Carthusian monastery. 
Carychiide. A Family of mollusks, from the typical genus 
Carychium. 
Carychiwm. A genus named after a marine shell. 
cellavius, inhabiting cellars. 
cinérea, ash coloured. 
Clausilia. The name of a genus with an appendage called 
a clausilium. (See page 87.) 
Cochlicopa, a shell with a notch. 
columélla, a small column; the technical term for the azis 
(q. v.). 
compacta, compact. 
complandtus, flattened. 
compréssa, compressed. 
concave, hollow. 
concéntric, having the same centre. 
Conchifera. Shell-bearing; the name of the Class com- 
prising bivalves. 
Conchélogy. ‘* 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. 
