The Nautilus Volume 4-6 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ...Area Nore, Linn.; Columbella mercatoria, Linn.; Cassis sulcosa, Born; Ovulum gibbosum, Linn.; Astralium tuber, Linn.; Iphigenia Brasiliana, Lam. and Echinella nodulosa, Pfr. W. S. Tealor, Upper Red Hook, N. Y.--More than 30 species of land and fresh-water shells, including Helix pulchella, monodon, labyrinthica, palliata and hirsuta; Succinea obliqua, avara, ovalis aurea; Limnoea humilis, columella, palustris and catascopium; Zonites fuliginosus and nitidus; Planorbis bicarinatus and campanulatus. The Succinea obliqua Say are magnificent specimens, the largest we have ever seen, and beautifully cleaned. Chas. LeRoy Wheeler, Cape May, N. J--Purpura hsemastoma, Linn., dredged at Cape May, not known there hitherto and the largest specimens we have seen; Venusmercenaria, Linn.; Modiola modiolus, Linn. John H. Campbell, Philadelphia, Pa.--Pholas Pacifica, Stearns; Unio ligamentous, Lam. Tellina Gouldii, Cpr. Dr. Wm. H. Rush, U. S. N., Philadelphia, Pa.--Atlanta Peronii, Les.; Xylotrya fimbriata, Jeff.; Oxygyrus Keraudrenii, Rang; Litiopa bombya, Kien.; and a fine series of Pteropoda, including Hyalrea limbata, tridentata, longirostris, gibbosa and labiosa; Cleodora pyramidata, Lessonii and spinifera; Cuvieria columella, Rang and Diacria trtspinosa, Les. John Ford, Philadelphia, Pa.--Fasciolaria gigantea, Kiener, (a real giant); Oliva idonea, Conr. (Miocene); Oliva araneosa, Lam.; Strombus costatus, Gmel.; Terebratella Sayii, Morton (cretaceous, N. J.) Geo. T. Marston, Green Bay, Wis.--A suite of the finest and largest Limnrea megasoma Say we have ever seen, (Oconto, Wis.) Dr. J. J. Brown, Sheboygan, Wis.--Unio Canadensis, Lake Ellen, Wis. Joseph Willcox, Philadelphia, Pa.--A fine lot of recent and fossil shells from Florida and Md., including the Fulgur describe...