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

Turbinated, shape like a top or pear.

Turgid, swollen.

U and V.

Valves, the various pieces which compose the shell.

Varices, longitudinal ribs in univalve shells.

Variety, difference in species.

Vaulted, roofed.

Ventral, belonging to the belly.

Ventricose, inflated, swelled in the middle.

Vermiform, worm-shaped.