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

D. nigrum.

D. politum.

D. eburneum.

D. elephantinum. The Elephant’s Tooth Shell.

Species in which the tube is striated or ribbed longitudinally; the ribs are generally ten in number; green colour.

D. entale. The common Dentalium. Pl. [33], fig. 1.

Species very minutely striated; white or yellowish colour.

D. pellucidum. The pellucid Dentalium.

Species narrow and thin; pale topaz colour.

D. politum. The ring-striated Tooth Shell.