This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1817 edition. Excerpt: ... and straight; hinge lateral, with two teeth, not shutting into each other, and furnished with a rib. Solen magnus. Wood's Conch. p. 130. Solen maximus. Gmelin, p. 8227. Chemnitz, vi. p. 51. t. 5. f. 35. Enc. Meth. t. 223. f. 5. Inhabits the shores of the Nicobar Islands. Chemnitz. Shell an inch and a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1817 edition. Excerpt: ... and straight; hinge lateral, with two teeth, not shutting into each other, and furnished with a rib. Solen magnus. Wood's Conch. p. 130. Solen maximus. Gmelin, p. 8227. Chemnitz, vi. p. 51. t. 5. f. 35. Enc. Meth. t. 223. f. 5. Inhabits the shores of the Nicobar Islands. Chemnitz. Shell an inch and a quarter long, and four inches broad; thin, pellucid, white when stripped of its yellowish epidermis, and striated concentrically. Chemnitz says, that a rib proceeds in the inside from the hinge, though from the terms which he uses in describing it, it is difficult to ascertain its direction, and in this, as well as all other respects, the species appears to be very nearly allied to the foregoing. Minimus. 12. Shell linear-oval, straight; hinge lateral, with two teeth, of which one is bifid, and furnished with a longitudinal rib. Solen minimus. Gmelin, p. 3227. Wood's Conch. p. 131. Chemnitz, vi. p. 48. t. 5. f. 31. Inhabits the coasts of Tranquebar. Chemnitz. Shell half an inch long, and one inch and a quarter broad, and in form and colour resembles S. magnus; Chemnitz says, there is in the inside a rib running longitudinally from the hinge to the margin, and I much doubt whether it is more than a young shell of either S. Gigas, or S. magnus. Guineensis. 13. Shell oblong-oval, ventricose, subpellucid, and the inside furnished with a longitudinal rib. Solen Guineensis. Chemnitz, xi. p. 202. t. 198. f. 1937. Wood's Conch. p. 129. Inhabits the coast of Guinea. Chemnitz. Shell rather more than an inch long, and near three inches broad; white, with the margin by the hinge thickened, and the inside furnished with a strong longitudinal rib. Inflexus. 14. Shell ovate-oblong, with the margin somewhat inflected; hinge with two teeth in one valve, and...
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