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

Pectinaria capensis.

P. Belgica. The Belgic Pectinaria.

Tube inversely conic, membranous, and covered with sand.

2. Sabellaria. Two species.

The covering of the animal belonging to this genus is composed of fragments and particles of marine substances, adhering to a tubular membrane; some are detached and others are fixed. The tubes are cellular at the base, and the orifice expanded.

Sabellaria alveolata.

Sabellaria crassissima.

S. alveolata. The Honeycomb Sabellaria.

Consists of numerous parallel tubes, nearly straight, communicating by an aperture, forming when in mass the appearance of a honeycomb; it adheres to rocks in clusters.

S. crassissima. The very thick or strong Sabellaria. Pl. [33], fig. 2.