MUSEUM CALONNIANUM, 



Class 1.— Testacea— Coquilles — Shells. 



Order I. — Marine — Coquilles de Mer — Sea Shells, 



Division t. — Univalves — Cgquillage qui n'a uu'une 

 seu*e Piece — Consisting of One Piece.-*- 



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HHHE operculum, or lid, which c?ofes up the mouth of the 

 A Ihells of fome genera, when the animal is retired within, either 

 for reft or fecurity, and which in fome families is horny, in others 

 fhelly, is not taken into the account. 7?*^ ^A(W^ Ao^v-iJ 



Genus I. SERPULA— Tuyau de Mer, ou Vermiculare 

 • — Worm. 



i. Retorta— La Retorfe, ou la Cucurbite— Retort— Tranquebar. 

 , 2. Clavata— La Mafiue d'Hercule— Hercules's Club— St. Mau- 

 ritius — Extremely fcarce, and is remarkable for its internal 

 itru£ture. 



3. Gigantea — Le Grand, ou Le Geant — Great, or Giant — $vomcx6ra. ? 

 China — Very rare. This is 21 inches long. M. P. 3955- 



3*. Albida— Le Blanc —White — St. Domingo— See Species 

 test 1. var. «. 



4. Spiralis— La Spirale — Curled, or Twined — Weft Indies- 

 Several detatched) and a group of many. 



5. Cochlearia — Le Tire-bourre Brun— Corkfcrew — Weft Indies 

 — A detached one, and feveral in a clufter. 



6. Semi-cancellata — Le Demi-treillifsee— Half -latticed — St. Do- 

 mingo — An elegant group, with two fmall fcarlet and white fpon- 

 dyli and other (hells adhering, and a fmaller group marked a, with 

 a like fpondylus, &c. 



7. Semi-muricata — Demi-raboteufe — Kalf-rauricated — Sicily. 

 7*. Caelata — Le Cifele— - Carved — St. Domingo^ Very fcarce. 



See Spec. xoai. var./. 



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