RECORD: Darwin, C. R. (Syms Covington) n.d. List of Mr Darwin's Shells. CUL-DAR29.3.3. 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. This list is in the handwriting of Darwin's assistant, Syms Covington.


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(N B [illeg sentences in pencil erased])

Mr. Darwin's Shells

3b

1.

N B. The shell which I want out are marked with a cross // about 100 //

1.

Solen x 1763 Patagonia

Solenicurtus x 5919 Bahia Blanca

Solenicurtus Chiloe

Thracia x 1844 T. del Fuego.

5         

Mactra elegans x 827 Bahia Blanca

Mulinia byronensis x 1844 T. del Fuego

Mesodesma x 1844 ib.

Mesodesma cuneata Coquimbo

Mesodesma 3532 Hobart Town

10

Erycina x 1929 E. Falkld. Islds.

Amphidesma solidum Coquimbo

A.— variegatem x 826 Bahia Blanca

A.— reticulatum Rio Janeiro?

Cuminvia mutica Chili

C.— mutica 2527 Chonos

C.— mutica Chiloe

15

Potomomya 1313 Maldonado

Potomomya x Patagonia

Saxicava? X 1759 Patagonia

Hiatella arctica Chiloe

H.— arctica? Chiloe

Pullastra adspersa 3597 Keeling Isld

20

Capsa brasiliensis Brazil

Lucina Rio Janeiro

Lucina x 826 Bahia Blanca

Kellia x 1718 Patagonia

Tellina Peru

25

Cyrena Guayaquil

Venus grenulata Galapagos

Venus 2594 Conception

Venus x Chiloe

Venus, (same as one before) Coquimbo

30

Venus flexuosa Brazil?

Venus exalbida x 1844 T. del Fuego

V.— exalbida x Patagonia

V.— opaca Coquimbo

Venus chilensis? X 2527 Chonos

Cytherea purpuraseus x Patagonia

35

Cytherea Peru

Cytherea  x 826 Bahia Blanca

Cytherea Coquimbo

Cytherea Peru

Cardium procemsun Mexico

40

Chama ponderosa Keeling Island

Naia atrata Chiloe

Anodon exoticus 1474 Buenos Ayres

Arca grandis Panama

A.— tuberculifera Guayaquil

A.— ovata Galapagos

A.— ovata Keeling Island

A.— gradata Galapagos

Arca Galapagos

Modiola cinnamomica x T. del Fuego

M.— ib.— x Patagonia

Modiola x Bahia Blanca

Modiola ? x T. del Fuego.

Modiola x 1775 Patagonia

Lithodomus 3202 Lima

Mytilus x 1775 Patagonia

Mytilus x Chiloe

M.— bidens x Patagonia

M.— bidens x E. Falklands

M.— bidens ? x 1759 Patagonia.

Mytilus x 1775 Patagonia

3c

2.

Mytilus x 1937 E. Falklands

60

Mytilus 3202 Lima

Mytilus x Chiloe

Mytilus 3414 New Zealand

Perna Keeling Island

Perna Galapagos

65

Simar Galapagos

Pecten pallium x 2921 Coquimbo

P.— pallium x 1343 Patagonia

P.— pursuratus Chili

Pecten x 2070 Magellan

Pecten vitaceus x 1878 T. del Fuego.

70

Spondylus radians 3597 Keeling Island

Astrea Keeling Island

O.— edulis ? x Chiloe

Astrea Keeling Island

Terebratula x 1759 Patagonia

75

Terebratula x 2003 Santa Cruz

Terebratula x 973 T. del Feugo

Terebratula x Patagonia

Terebratula x Chili

Cyproea moneta Keeling Isld.

80

C— annulus do.

C.— nigro-punctata Galapagos

Marginella miliacea do.

Oliva braziliana E. Coast of S. America

O.— patula do.

85

O— peruviana Coquimbo

Olivia x Bahia Blanca

Mitra paupercula Keelilng Isld.

M.— lens Galapagos

Mitra do.

90

Voluta angulata x Bahia Blanca.

Voluta ancilla 2504 x Chonos

Chonos hebrous Keeling Isld

C.— verniculatus do.

C.— achatrinus Galapagos

95

C.— nux do.

C.— tiaratus do.

Oniscia tuberculifera do.

Buccinum x E. coast of S. America

Buccinum x do.

100

Buccinum x do.

Buccinum 1759 x Patagonia

Buccinum N.S. x E. Falk.d Islds.

B. lineolatus? 3414 New Zealand

Buccinum N.S. x E. Falkland Islds.

105

Buccinum testudineum 3532 Hobart Town

B.— testudineum 3414 New Zealand

Nassa Chiloe

Nassa 3914 Coquimbo

Nassa 2527 x Chonos.

Pollia Galapagos

110

Pollia do.

Pollia do.

Pollia do.

Pollia do.

115

Columbella do

Columbella 3194 Coquimbo

Columbella Lima

Concholepas peruvianus 2310 Valparaiso

C.— peruvianus 2527 Chonos

C.— peruvianus Coquimbo

Monoceros imbricatum x Patagonia

120

M.— citrina ? Valparaiso

Monoceros Galapagos.

3d

3.

Purpura planispina Galapagos

P.— haustum N. Zealand.

P.— monodonta Keeling Isld.

125

P. succincta Australia

P.— chocolata Peru

P.— chocolata Callao

P.— Rudolphi Keeling Island

Purpura x 2527 Chonos

Purpura 3414 N. Zealand

130

P.— melo Galapagos

Purpura Lima

Purpura columellaris Galapagos

P.— patula do.

P.— haemastoma C. de Verds

135

P.— hippocastanum Keelling Isld.

Purpura peruviana 3389 ?

Ricinula arachnoides Keeling Island

R.— morus do.

Ricinula do.

140

Cassis pennata Galapagos

Ranella inflata Callao

R.— argus Chili

R.— argus Chiloe

Murex erythrostoma Mexico

M.— Peruvianus ? Valparaiso

M.— Peruvianus Peru

M.— Peruvianus Chili

145

M.— crassilabrum Coquimbo

Murex Callao

M.— lamellosus x Chonos

Triton rudis Coquimboe

T. rudis Valparaiso

Triton (young) Keeling Isld.

150

Triton Galapagos

Cerithium ebeninum Sydney

Cerithium Galapagos

Cerithium California

Cerithium x Conception

155

Cerithium 3563 Australia

Cerithium x 2527 Patagonia

Cerithium  Keeling Island

Cerithium  New Zealand

160

Pleurotoma Galapagos

Fusus magellanicus x T. del Fuego

F.— magellanicus x Patagonia

Fusus Peru.

Fasciolaria aurantiaca Galapagos

Turbinellus nassatula Keeling Isld.

165

T.— tuberculatus Galapagos

Turbinellus do.

Cononulus 3631 Sydney

{Marinula 2364 Chiloe

{Marinula 2527 Chonos

Cancellaria Peru

170

Auricula ovata Sydney

Auricula Sydney?

Phsya peruviana Lima

Physa 617 Rio Janeiro

Physa 1371 Maldonado

175

Planorbis? 1412 Parana

Planorbis Lima

Chinlina Valdivia

[blank] 2560 Valdivia

[blank] 2366 Chiloe

180

Chilina tenuis Santa Cruz

Chilina Chili?

[blank] 1333 Patagonia

[blank] 2560 Valdivia

3e

4.

Helicina 388 Tahiti

185

Helicina 3367 Galapagos

Helicina 3368 do.

[blank] 1514 Bahia Blanca

Succinea 388 Tahiti

Succinea 388 Tahiti

190

Succinea 859 Maldonado

Succinea 3522 Hobart Town

Succinea 2920 Conception

Succinea Galapagos

Succinea 368 do.

195

Bulimus auris bovinus 3559 New Zealand

B.— iostoma Central America

B.— proteus Guyaquil

B.— versicolor Peru

Bulimus 601 Rio Janeiro

200

Bulimus catharinae 3193 Chili

B.— granulosus Valparaiso

B.— granulosus Chili

B.— coquimbensis Chili

B. granulosus 2456 Ynche Island

B. papyraleus 350 Bahia

205

B. Dupresnii 3522 Hobart Town

Bulimus 2919 Coquimbo

Bulimus gravesii 2920 Conception

B. nucleus 1389 Maldonado

B. nucleus 1514 Baia Blanca

210

Bulimus unifasciatus Galapagos

B.— rugiferus do.

B.— rugiferus, var. do.

B.— nux do.

B.— nux, var B.—

215

B.— eschariferus do.

Bulimus Callao

B.— ustulosus Galapagos

B.—  clavuli, var.? Tahiti

{B.— affinis Coquimbo

{B.— affinis Lima

220

B.— Jacobi Galapagos

Bulimus 369 do.

Bulimus 2919 Coquimbo

Bulimus Callao

Bulimus 1514 Bahia Blanca

225

Bulimus granulosa 2336 Chiloe

Bulimus unicolor 350 Bahia

Bulimus chilensis 2919 Coquimbo

Bulimus melonulus[?] 3560 K. George's Sound

[blank] 859 Monte Video

[blank] 1506 Bajada

[blank] 1389 Yaritti Island

[blank] 1514 Bahia Blanca

Bulimus Callao

Bulimus conspersus Lima

[blank] 2385 Chiloe

[blank] Galapagos

[blank] 2919 Coquimbo

[blank] 3388 Tahiti

[blank] 3388 Tahiti

[blank] 3522 Hobart Town

[blank] 3367 Galapagos

Achatina octona Peru

Partula rosea 3388 Tahiti

Partula Tahiti

245

[blank] Galapagos

Helix Banksii Chiloe

Helix lactea 859 Monte Video

3f

5.

Helix 2529 Sydney

Helix 3530 do.

250

Helix contusa 452 Rio Janeiro

Helix 616 do.

Helix 2456 Yncha Isld.

Helix 2113 Chiloe

Helix 2456 Yncha Isld.

255

{Helix  388 Tahiti

{Helix  419 New Zealand

Helix 687 Cape of G. Hope

Helix  452 Rio Janeiro

Helix pellis serpentis with egg 481 do.

Helix 350 Bahia

260

Helix 3523 Hobart Town

Helix 1219 Maldonado

Helix 1004 T. del Fuego

Helix 388 Tahiti

Naninia 388 Tahiti

265

Siphonaria E. coast of S. America

Siphonaria  Chiloe

Siphonaria 3563 K. George's Sounod

Siphonaria   Patagonia

Siphonaria  tristensis E. Falkland Islds.

270

Siphonaria  x 1069 T. del Fuego

[blank] 3194 Coquimbo

Aplysia petersoni St. Jago.

Bulla Lima

Sigaretus concavus Peru

275

Natica plumbea Sydney

N.— pallida ? x T. del Fuego

Natica Callao.

Nerita ornatus Galapagos

Nerita do.

280

N.— albicilla var Keeling Island

N.— plicata do.

N.— atrata New Zealand

Nerita 3563 K. George's Sound

Neritina canalis Tahiti

285

N.— spinosa do.

Navicella elliptica do

Janthina exigua Atlantic

Amphibola N. Zealand

A.— australis Sydney

290

Ampullaria Rio Plata

Ampullaria 601 Rio Janeiro

Rissoa Galapagos

Rissoa 3194 Coqiumbo

Rissoa x 2527 Chonos

295

Turritella Galapagos

T. cingulata Coquimbo

Littorina Brazil

Littorina Keeling Isld.

L.— peruviana Valparaiso

L.— peruviana Coquimbo

300

Littorina 3532 Hobart Town

Littorina Galapagos

Littorina 3563 K. George's Sound

Littorina 1840 Lima

Littorina  x 2364 Chiloe

305

Littorina Valparaiso

Littorina Galapagos

Turbo cornutus Keeling Island

3g

6.

Turbo argyrostoma Keeling Island

T.— smaragdus New Zealand

310

Turbo — Coquimbo

Trochus x Chiloe

Trochus Callao

Trochus Coquimbo

Trochus x Chiloe

315

T.— maculatus Keeling Island Keeling Island

T.— diaphanus New Zealand

Trochus x Bahia Blanca

Trochus  3532 Hobart Town

Trochus  3531 Sydney

320

Trochus  3563 Australia

Trochus 2310 Valparaiso

Trochus  Galapagos

Trochus  do

Trochus  do.

325

Trochus  x 973 T. del Fuego

{Margarita taeneata x E. Falk.d. Island

{M.— taeneata x Patagonia

Margarita x 1929 E. Falkld. Islds.

Margarita x T. del Fuego

{M.— violacea x Patagonia

{M. violacea x T. del Fuego

330

Monodonta cornaria Mexico

{Monodanta 3532 Hobart Town

{Monodanta K. George's Sound

Monodanta 3563 do.

Halistis C. of Good Hope

{Crepidula byronensis Lima

{Crepidula byronensis Coquimbo

{Crepidula byronensis Chiloe

335

C.— aculeata Rio di Janeiro

Crepidula x 2527 Chonos

Crepidula 3202 Lima

Crepidula  New Zealand.

{Infundibullum radiaris New Zealand

{I.— radiaris Chiloe

340

{Calyptraea extinctorium Chiloe

{Calyptraea extinctorium Coquimboe

{Calyptraea extinctorium Valparaiso.

{C.— pileus x T. del Fuego

{C.— pileus x Magellan

C.— equestris Galapagos

Hipponyx radiata do.

Pileopsis 3597 Keeling Island?

345

{Tissurella grandis Chiloe

{T.— grandis Valparaiso

{T.— picta x Patagonia E. coast

{T.— picta x Coquimbo

{T.— picta x T. del Fuego

{T.— oriens[?]  x do

{T.— oriens[?] ? x E. Falklands

Tissurella x 2527 Chonos

350

Tissurella Galapagos

Tissurella  Galapagos

Tissurella affinis Callao

Tissurella affinis 3202 Lima

{Patella magellanica x Chonos

{P.— magellanica x T. del Fuego

355

Patella argentata Chiloe

Patella argentata Valparaiso

Patella argentata x 2527 Chonos

P.— granatina Cape of Good Hope

P.— cochlea do.

360

P— cymbularia x E. Falklands

P. cymbularia x T. de Fuego

Patella Coquimbo

Patella x 2527 Chonos

Patella Valparaiso

Patella x 1069 T. del Fuego.

3h

7.

365 Patella deaurata x Patagonia

P.— deaurata x T. del Fuego

P.— deaurata x E. Falklands

{Patella (Lottia pallida) 3055 Peru

{Patella Coquimbo

Lottia testudinalis Hobart Town

L.— peruviana x T. del Fuego

Mouretia peruviana 3055 Peru

370

Mouretia 2527 Chili

Chiton Banksii Galapagos

C.— sulcatus do.

C.— setiger x E. Falklands.

C— peruvianus Chiloe

375

C.— elegans x Patagonia

C.— Cummingii Coquimbo

Chiton Chiloe

Chiton elegans Valparaiso

Chito setiger Chiloe

380

Chiton 3414 New Zealand

C.— lineatus x E. Falklands.

Chiton Chiloe

Chiton x 1775 Patagonia

Chiton Callao

385

Chiton x 2070 Magellan.

 

To beadded after Cyrena, No 25.

Cyclas x Valparaiso

Cyclas x Chiloe

After No 82

Marginilla 307 Cape de Verds

After No 171

Auricula 3367 Galapagos.

A.— australis? Hobart Town

A.— felis Rio di Janeiro

After No 187.

Pupa alfestris Rio di Janerio

After No 291.

Paludina 2113 Chiloe

Paludina 3523 Hobart Town

After No 286

Planaxis planicostata Galapagos.


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