CONCHOLOGY. 



CLASS, FOSSILIA. ORDER, UNIVALVE. 



No. 1. Conns angulatus, Shell univalve spiral, found 

 in a deep bed of clay at Grignon, near Paris, also at Cour- 

 tagnon in France; its form is elegant and taper, it differs 

 considerably from any of the recent Cones at present found 

 in the sea. 



No. 2. Aculea angulata. Shell univalve spiral, the 

 mouth, having no beak, but the base of the shell continued 

 wholly round at the bottom. 



No. 3. Cerithium loevis. Shell univalve spiral spire, 

 consisting of thirteen folds or revolutions. 



No. 4. Cassis verrucosa. Shell oval and accuminated 

 in the spire; the cheek or columella invested with small 

 warty protuberances, the top decussated and reticulated; 

 the mouth opening into a small channel. 



The above shells are of the kind found in different 

 parts of France, in beds of gravel or clay, at a consider- 

 able depth in the earth, and are in the Museum of Mr. 

 Bullock in London. 



REMARKS. 



IT has now been concluded, that the shells and 

 animal-remains with the Madrepores and other foreign sub- 

 stances which have been found in almost all the dry parts 



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