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

• Sabellaria alveolata.
• S. crassissima.

3. Genus Terebella. Pl. [V].

Animal. Body tubicular, elongated, cylindrically depressed, attenuated posteriorly; a row of nodulous and setiferous papillæ on each side; numerous filiform, twisted tentacula surrounding the mouth.

Shell. An elongated cylindrical and membranous tube with lash-like appendages at the end; covered with adhesions of sand and shells. Inhabits the coast of New Holland. Four species.

• Terebella conchilega.
• T. ventricosa.
• T. cristata.
• T. vermicuta.

4. Genus Amphitrite. Pl. [V].

Animal. Body tubicular, elongated, cylindrical, attenuated behind with many annulated segments.

Shell. An elongated cylindrical tube growing thinner towards the base, of a tough membranous texture, and generally without adhesions. Mediterranean sea. Seven species.

• Amphitrite ventilabra.
• A. penicilla.
• A. magnifica.
• A. vesiculosa.
• A. volutacornis.
• A. infundibula.
• A. minima.

FAMILY IV.
Serpulacea. Five Genera.