RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1837]. Abstract of Quoy and Gaimard, Astrolabe…Zoologie. vols. 2-3. (Mollusques). CUL-DAR205.3.47-49. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2025. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. Watermarked "W WARREN 1837".


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Zoologie of the voyage of the Astrolabe vol II

p 239. Velutina cancellata. Guam & Vanikoro

—259 Doris scabra Tonga. Vanikoro. New Guinea

334 Siphonaria acuta Celebes & Van

— 5 — albicante New Ireland & do

378. Hyalaea trispenosa. Gibraltar. Bass' Str. Antilles. Indian-Arch

380 — {
longirostris Oc. Atlantic Lesueur.— Amboina
& Teneriffe. Q. et G.

p. 383. Mentions that Criseis spiniferi of Rang. was found by them at Tucopia

p 385 Cleodora cuspidata Equatorial Atlantic & a variety in Pacific

411 Buccinum undosum Tonga. Vanikora & many other places

442. — coronatum. variety (a). Tonga & New Guinea.

444 — reticulatum Van & Europe

448 — globosum Van. & N. Ireland

474 Littorina angulifera Tonga. New Guinea & other places

480 — diemensis. Van diemen. Aust. N. Zealand Is this not one of genera which Forbes thinks cannot be transported.

487 Planaxis sulcata Amboina. Mauritius Van

489 — brevis Guam. N. Guinea

514 Turbinella rustica. New Guinea. Ireland Tonga

517. — lineata do — do

522 Pleurotoma babylonia do do

525 — rosea. New Holland Port Western & N. Zealand

542 Triton pileana Tonga & Van

547 — leucosternum King George's S. & N. Z. slighly differently coloured about head —

549 — graviferum. New Ireland & Van

558— Purpura hippocastanum Tucopia & Tonga

565 — nassoides Tonga & N. Ireland, more elongated variety &c

579 — arachnoides do & Guam

585. Colombella mendicaria ad = do — Tucopia

587 — pardalina Van. & N. Guinea

638 Mitra episcopalis India. all isld in Pacific (Tonga)

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p. 643. Mitra paupercula. N. Ireland & East Indies Isd.—

Vol. III

p. 9. Olive erythrostome Tonga & New Guinea

p. 30. Cypraea tigris. all isd in Pacific (Tonga) Mauritius

33 — caput serpentis do — do

45. — moneta & annulus nearly all warm seas

47 — isabella many places in South Sea

67 Strombus gibberulus. Tonga. Moluccas Guam

70 — luhuanus N. Guinea & many places in S.S

96 Conus tulipa Moluccas, Van (Vanikoro?)

113 Cerithium nodulosum. Tonga do & others

187 Nerita versicolor { do, & var with longer tentacule & differnt colour, Tucopia

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193 — pulligera. Guam & Van

198 — strigilata Molluccas & Guam

206 Navicella elliptica F.W. [fresh water] Mauritius. Bourbon. &. do

218 Turbo tuberculosus Tonga & Van. variations

262 Trochus canaliculatus do, do

265 Rotella lineolata    India & Mediterranean

280 Delphinula laciniata N. Ireland & more spiny var. perhaps south Vanikoro

355. Patelloides flammea. Van diemen's land & Guam

364 — orbicularis Van. & variety frm Amboina

392 Chiton longicymba New Holland & N. Zealand

421 — zelandicus N. Zealand King George's S. has species very near to this

447. Pedum spondiloïdeum Van. Seychelles (Mauritius?)

486 Tridacna gigas Tonga. E. Ind . Archipelago New Ireland. Timor.

492 — maculata N. Ireland & Van

496 Donax cardioides. N. Guinea. N. Holland. N. Ireland & Tahiti

555 Terebratula recurva King George's S. & N. Zealand

Fish—

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Vol III

p. 653. Serranus myriaster. N. Guinea. Sandwich Isd.

679. Holocentrum leo. Van. & many places in S. Sea

680 — binotatum. N. Guinea & Guam

Biphore cordiforme. Pl 88: 7-8

Reference:

Quoy, J. R. C. and Gaimard, J. P. 1832-1835. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe ... 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. vols. 2-3. (Mollusques) Paris.


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