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the Cedo nulli : porcelain shells or cowries ; the 
argus cowry; and the orange cowry, the latter 
from New Holland ; sea ears, which are usually 
of an obscure colour externally, but of a bright 
pearl-colour internally ; when uncoated and po¬ 
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 Hag 
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 ; tellinae, &c. 
K 
ROOM IX, 
Nat. Hist, 
TABLE 
X. 
Multivalves* 
