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from New Holland ; sea ears, which are usually r oom ix 
of an obscure colour externally, but of a bright Nat * Hist 
pearl-colour internally ; when uncoated and po- j 
lished the outside appears highly brilliant. 
(Div. 3.) Snails properly so called, of various 
kinds ; one of the most remarkable is the rin- 
gent or grinning snail, having the opening divid¬ 
ed by tooth-like processes ; the thorny wood¬ 
cock shell, remarkable for the length and slen^ 
derness of its numerous spines and processes ; the 
watering pot. 
(Div. 4 .) The carrier trochus, covered with 
fragments of stone; the wentle-trap; mitres ; a 
music shell ; the great oriental volute, or Voluta 
magnifica ; the imperial volute ; the orange Bag 
volute, &c. 
Bivalves . 
(Div. 5 .) The Chinese heart cockle ; the yel¬ 
low heart^cockle; the red anomia, &c. 
(Div. 6.) The mother-of-pearl shell, in its 
young or small state; the hound’s-ear oyster ; 
the cock’s-comb oyster ; many beautiful shells of 
the scallop kind. 
(Div. 7-) Several varieties of the red and 
white thorny oysters ; tellinse, &c. 
Multivalves • 
