GS 



CONCHOLOGY. 



History. 



Genre Erodone, Erodona. 

 Petricole, Petricola. 

 Donace, Donax. 

 Meretrice, Meretrix. 

 Venus, Venus. 

 Venericarde, Venericardia. 

 Cyelade, Cyclas. 

 Lucine, Lucina. 

 Telline, TeUina. 

 Capse, Caspa. 



Sanguinolaire, Sanguinolaria. 

 Solen, Solo?. 

 Glycemere, Glycemeris. 

 Mye, Mya. 

 Pholade, Pholas. 



Division 2. Coquille Inequivalve. 



A. Valve principale tubuleuse. 



Genre Taret, Teredo. 



Fistulane, Fishdana. 



B. Deux valves ou simplement oppose, ou articulees 



ou chamiere. 



Genre Acarde, Acardo. 



Radiolite, Radiolites. 

 Chame, Chama. 

 Spondyle, Spondylus. 

 Plicatule, Plicatula. 

 Gryphee, Gryphcea. 

 Huitre, Ostrea. 

 Vulselle, Vulsella. 

 Marteau, Malleus. 

 Avicule, Avicula. 

 Perne, Perna. 

 Crenatule, Crenatula. 

 Placune, Placuna. 

 Peigne, Pecten. 

 Lime, Lima. 

 Houlette, Pedum. 

 Corbule, Corbula. 

 Anomie, Anomia. 

 Cranie, Crania. 

 Terebratule, Terebratula. 

 Calceole, Calceola. 

 Hyale, Hyalcea. 

 Orbicule, Orbicula. 

 Lingule, Lingula. 



In the sixth class of animals, according to Latreille, 

 the Annelides, the remaining testaceous animals, are 

 placed. 



Division 2. Point Organes exterieurs. 

 Sect. II. Animal se logeant dans unfourreau. 



Genre Dentale, Dentalium. 

 Spirorbe, Spirorbis. 

 Serpule, Serpula. 

 Vaginelle, Vaginella. 

 Speroglyphe, Speroglyphis. 

 Anatife, Anatifa. 

 Balane, Balanus. 



Account of British Conchologists. 



We have thus, in succession, given an abridged view 

 of the most remarkable testaceological systems which 

 have made their appearance ; and we propose now to 



conclude the historical part of our observations, with a 

 short sketch of the principal British naturalists who 

 have elucidated the history of the shells which occur 

 on our shores. 



In the year 1 667, Merret published his Pinax rerum 

 Naturalium Britannicarum. This work contains the 

 first attempt to enumerate the productions of Britain. 

 The testacei, as he terms shells, occupy little more than 

 a page. The references are chiefly to Jonstone, Aldro- 

 vandus, and Gesner. His account of shells is destitute of 

 system, and does not contain any description of species. 



Lister, in 1678, published his Hhtoria Animaiium 

 Anglicc, and in the year 1681 an Appendix. This 

 work contains a full account of the English shells 

 known to that author. His descriptions in general are 

 good, and the delineations of the shells correct. 



Sir Robert Sibbald, by whom the natural history of 

 Scotland was very ably elucidated, published, in ] 68<t, 

 his Scotia Illustrata. In 1697, he published his Auc- 

 tarium Muscei Balfouriani, and some other papers re- 

 lative to conchology, in the Philosophical Transactions. 

 His description of the shells of Scotland appears to us 

 destitute of correct arrangement, generic characters, or 

 specific distinctions. 



Dr Wallace, in the year 1700, published an Account 

 of the Islands of Orkney. In this work, he enumerates 

 all the species which had come under his observation, 

 amounting to nearly fifty, and has added a very good 

 figure of the Pecten distortus. 



We ought in this place, did our limits allow us, to 

 notice the topographical labours of Leigh, in his Natu- 

 ral History of Lancashire — of Plot, in his Natural His- 

 tory of Staffordshire and Oxfordshire — of Morton, m 

 his Natural History of Northamptonshire. In these 

 works, the testacea are treated of in a very superficial 

 manner. Nor can we say much more of the Hibernian 

 historian, Dr Charles Smith, who, in his account of the 

 counties of Waterford, Cork, and Kerry, has noticed a 

 few of the more common species. 



In 1777j Pennant completed his British Zoology. In 

 this work, for the first time, were the animals of Bri- 

 tain classified according to the Linnean method of ar- 

 rangement ; and we believe, few works ever contribu- 

 ted so much to the extension and cultivation of British 

 natural history. In the fourth volume of the above 

 work, he enumerates 1 63 species of testacea, with con- 

 cise descriptions, and many excellent figures. A new 

 edition of .this work has lately appeared under the in- 

 spection of his son, in which the recently discovered 

 species have been added to those described in the for- 

 mer edition. 



In 1 778, Da Costa published his British Conchology. 

 His descriptions of the species are copious, and the 

 work is embellished with 12 '3 figures of rare shells. 

 The arrangement of the shells in this work is accord- 

 ing to the system which he had previously formed. 



In the year 17"9j Plancus gave an account of the 

 minute and rare shells discovered at Rimino, on the 

 coast of the Adriatic sea. The shells which Plancus 

 described were minute, and required the aid of the 

 microscope for their examination. In tins country, Mr 

 Boys and Mr Walker turned their attention to these 

 minute testacea, and discovered many new and curious 

 species on the British shores. The labours of these in- 

 quirers were made known to the world in the year 

 1784-, in a small quarto volume, entitled, Testacea Mi- 

 nuta rariora nuperrime detecta in Arena Littoris Sand- 

 vicencis. Many of these microscopic species are ex- 

 ceedingly beautiful, and appear to be widely distribu- 



History. 



Authors 

 who have 

 treated of 

 British tes. 

 taceologx', 



iMerret, 

 1C67. 



Lister, 

 1678. 



Sibbald, 

 1684. 



Wallace, 

 1700. 



Pennant, 



1777. 



Da Costa, 



1778. 



Microsco- 

 pic shells. 



Boys and 



Walker, 



1784. 





