CROWNED GONDOLA SHELL. 
Our account of this beautiful shell is chiefly 
translated from Knorr, whose "elegant figure we 
have also adopted. The English name by which 
we have ventured to distinguish it, seems to 
us, sulEcientlv warranted in what Knorr has 
himself coUe6ked and stated on the subje61:. 
An exa6l translation of the appellation which 
he gives it in his Systematic Table, would by 
no means suit the refinement of our language, 
or the delicacy of an English ear. He classes 
it in the family of Cochlea Globosse, or Glo- 
bular Shells ; the genus of Cymbia, cr Boats ; 
and calls it, L'Auget Couronne en bout de 
Teton." 
The following are the particulars of v/hat 
he has published as the history and descrip- 
tion of this fine shell — - 
Rumphius places this shell at the head of 
the Volutes, or Conic Shells, and calls it Cym- 
bium ; that is to say, a Boat-shaped Drinking 
Cup, 
