The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [c.1838]. List of Cape de Verd shells. CUL-DAR29.3.2. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2021. RN2

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. This list is in the handwriting of Darwin's assistant, Syms Covington.

Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.

List of Cape de Verd Shells

1. Gypræa lurida

2. Colombella rustica

3. Purpura neritoides

4. Purpura hæmastoma

5. Pollia (unnamed)

6. Purpura

7. Ranella described by Mr Broderip in Zool. Proceedgs

8. Cerithuim

9. Planaxis lincolata

10. Eulima polita?

11. Littorina

12. Littorina like L. Planaxis G. Soc. Zool. Proceedgs

13. Littorina

14. Rissoa

15. Trochus (unnamed)

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16. Turritella exolete

17. Nerita N.S.

18. Pissurella costata (Gray)

19. Pissurella minuta (Lank)

20. Patella afra

21. Siphonaria concinna

22. Lucina

23. Arca divaricata

24. Arca lactea

25. Modiola (young)

26. Perna

27. Hipponyr Mitrula

28. Hipponyr subrufa

29. Conia

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These shells are not quite arranged in order

These have the species all not given – Sowerby said he would not venture to determine

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N.B [3 lines illeg]

Mr Darwins

Shells

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