The Conchologist's First Book / A System of Testaceous Malacology, Arranged Expressly for the Use of Schools, in Which the Animals, According to Cuvier, Are Given With the Shells, a Great Number of New Species Added, and the Whole Brought Up, as Accurately as Possible, to the Present Condition of the Science.

by Edgar Allan Poe; Thomas Brown

Cicatrix, the muscular impression.

Ciliated, edged with bristles or hairs.

Cinerous, of an ash colour.

Clavate, club-shaped.

Columella, the upright pillar of the shell.

Complicated, doubled together.

Compressed, flattened.

Concave, hollowed out.

Concentric, running to the centre.

Cone, the form of a sugar loaf.