A Manual of Conchology / According to the System Laid Down by Lamarck, with the Late Improvements by De Blainville. Exemplified and Arranged for the Use of Students.

by Thomas Wyatt

P. corrugata.

P. maculosa.

P. dolabrata. The dentated Pyramidella. Pl. [22], fig. 5.

Answers to the above description; when placed on its base, it falls on one side.

P. terebellum. The wimble Pyramidella.

Smooth, glossy, white, with reddish-brown bands; columella recurved; inside of the lip smooth.

FAMILY XIV.
Scalarides. Three genera.

1. Vermetus. One species.

Resembling in appearance the shell of a Serpula; but the organization of the animal caused this to be made a distinct genus.

Its shells are usually found grouped together or intertwined with each other, and are very remarkable for being attached to marine bodies by the attenuated and pointed extremity of the spire.