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NATURAL HISTORY. 
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Tables 14, 15. The date shells ( Marginella ), which are covered with 
a polished coat, like the cowries and olives, as the spotted and lined 
date {Marginella Persicula); the robin (Marg. glabella ). The Cowries 
( Cyprcea ) and their allied genera. 
Table 14. The Cowries, as the morning dawn, or orange cowry 
( Cyprcea aurantia ), used as an ornament by the inhabitants of 
the Friendly Islands, and therefore seldom procured without having 
been drilled; the map cowry ( C. mappa) ; the Cyprcea Valentiana; 
the mole ( Cyprcea talpa) ; the lap-wing egg ( Cyprcea mus), with 
scarcely any teeth ; the white-toothed cowry ( Cyprcea leucodon ) ; the 
money cowry ( C . Moneta), still used as currency in Africa. 
Table 15. The pig cowries ( Trivia), which from the ribs on the 
back have been compared to scored pigs, from their resemblance to 
the animal; the China shell, or Ovula, as the Ovula angulosa, which, 
like the orange cowry, is worn as an ornament by the natives of the 
country where it is found, and where it is so valued that they sometimes 
cut cones or other thick white shells into its shape. These shells are 
called Porcellaines , and are supposed to have been the cause of china 
being called by that name. The weaver’s shuttle (Radius'), which is 
so called from its shape. 
Table 15. The various genera allied to Turbo, as the pome¬ 
granate or Turbo Sarmaticus, from the Cape of Good Hope. The 
singular, or Turbo torquatus, with its peculiar operculum, from New 
Zealand. The golden sun ( Imperator occidental^), from the West 
Indies. The imperial, from New Zealand. The Guilfordian sun 
(Imp. Guilfordice), from Japan. The pheasant (Phasianella varia), 
from New Holland. 
Table 16. The Top Shells (Trochus) and their allied genera; 
as the pyramid (Pyramis). The rosary ( Clangulus Pharaonicus). The 
jujube berry ( Trochus Ziziphinus). The iris or rainbow eardrop 
( Cantherus Iris), from New Zealand. The button shell (Rotella 
lineolata). The strawberry (Monodonta). The gold button (Livona 
aurea), which is peculiar for the light -golden colour of the pearl. 
The dolphin (Delphinula). The false ear shell (Stomatella and 
Stomatia). 
Tables 17, 18. The true ear shell (Haliotis), as wrinkled ear 
(H. Midce); the iris or rainbow ear (H. Iris); the slender ear 
(H. Asinina); the double ribbed ear (Padollus). The slit limpet 
(Emarginula). The shield shell (Parmophorus). The key-hole 
limpet, or mask (Fissurella). The long-holed limpet (Maclirochisma). 
Table 18. The nerites (Nerita). Fresh-water nerites (JYeritina). 
The crowned nerites ( Clithon), and the fresh-water boat shells (Navi- 
cella). 
Table 18. The apple snails (Ampullaria). The reversed apple 
snails (Lanistes). The purple, or floating snail (Ianthina). 
Table 19. The nipple shell ( Natica ). The Venus’ ear (Crypto¬ 
stoma). The winkle (Littorina), and other genera allied to them. 
The pagoda shell (Pagodus). The staircase shell (Solarium), so 
called on account of the ridge round the cavity in the axis or 
umbilicus resembling a well staircase. 
Table 20. The Fresh-water Clubs (Melania) ; the clubs ( Cerithium). 
