Beautiful Shells of New Zealand

by Edward George Britton Moss

Beautiful Shells

of New Zealand.

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An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells

with

Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them.

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by

E. G. B. MOSS,
BARRISTER,
AUCKLAND.

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Photographs by C. SPENCER, Auckland.

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1908.

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PUBLISHERS:
COLLINS BROS. & CO., LIMITED, AUCKLAND.

CONTENTS.

 

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		PAGE.
Preface		3
Chapter I.—Shells and their Inmates		5
Chapter II.—Collecting and Cleaning Shells		10
Chapter III.—Description of Plates		14

 (not listed in original)

Plates

INDEX.

 

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		Page.
Acmaea fragilis		43
Acmaea octoradiata		43
Acmaea pileopsis		43
Amphibola crenata		26
Anatina angasi		32
Anaitis yatei		37
Ancilla australis		17
Ancilla pyramidalis		17
Anomia walteri		46
Apollo argus		22
Apollo australasia		22
Arca decussata		40
Argonauta nodosa		14
Astralium heliotropium		27
Astralium sulcatum		27
Atactodea sub-triangulata		36
Bankivia varians		29
Barbatia decussata		40
Barnea similis		32
Buccinulus kirki		30
Bulla quoyi		32
Calliostoma pellucidum		24
Calliostoma punctulatum		24
Calliostoma selectum		24
Calliostoma tigris		23
Calyptraea maculata		42
Cantharidus fasciatus		29
Cantharidus iris		28
Cantharidus purpuratus		28
Cantharidus tenebrosus		28
Cardita australis		39
Cardita aviculina		38
Cassis		23
Cerithidea		30
Chione costata		36
Chione crassa		39
Chione oblonga		36
Chione stutchburyi		36
Chione yatei		27
Cochlodesma angasi		32
Cominella huttoni		21
Cominelia lurida CHHECK		21
Cominella maculata		21
Cominella nassoides		22
Cominclla testudinea		21
Cominelia virgata		22
Cookia sulcata		27
Corbula zelandica		33
Crenella impacta		40
Crepidula aculeata		42
Crepidula monoxyla		42
Crepidula unguiformis		42
Cylichna striata		31
Daphnella lymneiformis		29
Dentalium nanum		43
Divaricella cumingi		39
Dolium variegatum		18
Dosinea australis		40
Dosinea lambata		40
Dosinea subrosea		40
Drillia zelandica		29
Emarginula striatula		42
Ethalia zelandica		25
Euthria flavescens		20
Euthria lineata		20
Enthria vittata		20
Galerus zelandicus		42
Glycymeris laticostata		37
Glycymeris striatularis		37
Haliotis iris		37
Haliotis rugoso-plicata		37
Haliotis virginea		37
Haminea zelandiae		32
Hemimactra notata		34
Hiatula nitida		34
Hipponyx australis		42
Janthina exigua		28
Janthina fragilis		28
Janthina globosa		28
Kalydon		30
Lima bullata		41
Lima zelandica		41
Lithodomus truncatus		38
Lithophago truncata		38
Litorina cincta		29
Litorina mauritiana		29
Lotorium cornutum		23
Lotorium olearium		22
Lotorium rubicundum		19
Lotorium spengleri		22
Lucina dentata		39
Mactra aequilatera		33
Mactra discors		33
Magellania lenticularis		38
Marinula filholi		31
Mesodesma novae zelandiae		36
Mesodesma ventricosa		35
Mitra melaniana		18
Modiola australis		46
Modiolaria impacta		40
Monodonta aethiops		26
Monodonta lugubris		26
Monodonta nigerrima		26
Monodonta subrostrata		26
Murex eos		16
Murex octogonus		16
Murex ramosus		16
Murex zelandicus		15
Myodora boltoni		33
Myodora striata		33
Mytilicardia excavata		38
Mytilus edulis		45
Mytilus latus		45
Mytilus magellanicus		46
Natica zelandica		25
Nerita nigra		25
Ophicardelus costellaris		31
Ostrea angasi		46
Ostrea glomerata		46
Panopea zelandica		32
Paphia		35
Parmophorus		41
Patella radians		43
Patella stellifera		43
Pecten convexus		44
Pecten medius		44
Pecten zelandiae		45
Peotunculus		37
Pholadidea tridens		32
Pinna zelandica		45
Pisania		20
Placunanomia zelandica		46
Pleurotoma		30
Polytropa		17
Potamides bicarinatus		30
Potamides sub-carinatus		30
Psammobia lineolata		34
Psammobia stangeri		34
Purpura haustrum		17
Purpura scobina		17
Purpura succincta		17
Ranella		22
Resania lanceolata		34
Rhynchonella nigricans		38
Rotella		25
Saxicava arctica		33
Scalaria tenella		30
Scalaria zelebori		30
Scaphella gracilis		18
Scaphella pacifica		18
Scutum ambiguum		41
Semicassis labiata		23
Semicassis pyrum		23
Siliquaria australis		30
Siphonalia dilatata		19
Siphonalia mandarina		19
Siphonalia nodosa		19
Siphonaria australis		41
Siphonaria obliquata		41
Solenomya parkinsoni		40
Solenotellina nitida		34
Solenotellina spenceri		34
Solidula alba		30
Spirula peroni		15
Standella elongata		34
Standella ovata		33
Struthiolaria papulosa		19
Struthiolaria vermis		20
Subemarginula intermedia		41
Surcula cheesemani		30
Surcula novae zelandiae		29
Tapes intermedia		39
Taron dubius		29
Tellina alba		35
Tellina disulus		35
Tellina glabrella		35
Tellina strangei		35
Tenagodes weldii		30
Terebra tristis		30
Terebratella rubicunda		38
Terebratella sanguinea		38
Tralia australis		31
Tricotropis inornata		31
Triton		19
Trivia australis		31
Trochus chathamensis		24
Trochus tiaratus		24
Trochus viridis		24
Trophon ambiguus		16
Trophon cheesemani		17
Trophon duodecimus		30
Trophon plebeius		31
Trophon stangeri		16
Turbo granosus		26
Turbo helicinus		27
Turritella rosea		31
Turritella vittata		31
Vanganella taylori		34
Venericardia australis		39
Venerupis elegans		39
Venerupis reflexa		39
Venus		36 and 39
Volsella australis		46
Volsella fluviatillis		46
Voluta		18
Waldheimia lenticularis		38
Zenatia acinaces		34
Zizyphinus		23