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

S. anguina. The Snake Siliquaria. Pl. [33], fig. 4.

Shell tapering, undulating, spiral at the extremity.

S. muricata. The Prickly Siliquaria.

Species armed with short spines or prickles; aperture sometimes margined; usually of a rosy or pink colour.

FAMILY II.
Maldaniæ. Two genera.

1. Clymene. One species.

C. amphistoma. The double-mouthed Clymene.

Tube thin and slender, open at both ends; incrusted externally with sand and fragments of shells.

2. Dentalium. The Tooth Shell. Twelve species.

This genus took its name from its resemblance to an elephant’s tooth. It is an attenuated conical tube, slightly bent, and open at both ends.