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

Papillæ, small dots or pimples.

Papillary, } having the surface covered with dots or pimples.
Papillous, }

Papillose, pimpled, dotted.

Papyraceous, thin as paper.

Parasitical, living on some other body.

Patulous, with a gap or opening.

Pearlaceous, of or like mother-of-pearl.

Partitions, calcareous processes, dividing the shells of the genus Nautilus, Serpula, &c.

Pectinated, resembling the teeth of a comb.

Pedicle, the support of the Lepas Anatifera, and its corresponding species, by which they are attached to wood, &c.