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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Mr. Darwin's Shells
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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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