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Excerpt from A Manual of the Mollusca, or Rudimentary Treatise of Recent and Fossil Shells, Vol. 2
Page 108 Cuma (angulifera) and Rapana (p. 109) are Purpurae. 115 Cithara, Schum. Belongs to Fam. Conidw. 127 line 15 add Syn. Polyphemopsis, Portlock 128 2 for Triphoris, read Triforia. _9 for eidos, facies read ides, patronymic termination. 129 Fastigiella Fossil, Eocene. Paris (ceritnz'am rugosum, Lam.) 131 for Pachystoma, Gray read Chilostoma, Desh. 132 Remove Aclz's to the Pyramidellidae. Line 3 from bottom, (and P1. IX. Fig. 4) for A. Perforate, Mon ms. Read A. Supranitida, Wood. 135 line 4 erase Nina, Gray. 6 for many-whirled read few-whirled. 136 (and pi. IX. Fig. 24) for Litiopa bombia read L. Bombyx. 142 Navicella inhabits freshwaters, adhering to stones and plants. 145 line 30 for Maclurea, Les. Read Straparollus, d'orb. 154 line 6 from bottom, for Pattison read R. Patterson. 155 Metoptoma is a sub-genus of Pileopsis, not Patella. Exp. Plates. Pl. V. Fig. 5, for California read W. Indies. Fig. 7, for China read W. Indies. VII. Fig. 15, for Philippines read Tahiti. XII. Fig. 13, for Australian Ids. Read Tahiti. Fig. 43, for Soy. Philippines read Gray, Jamaica. Page 165 Glandina the Lusitanian Bulimus Algirus belongs to this genus. 168 line 15 insert devour before animal substances. 16 for Megaloma read Lomastoma. 253 3 from bottom, erase Etheria has a large foot. 261 25 erase Aaeella, Keyserling it is a pearly shell, distinct from Monotz's of Munster.
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