RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. The recent shell which Mr Sowerby named Buccinum variosum. CUL-DAR39.106. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2022. RN1

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The recent shell which Mr Sowerby named Buccinum variosum he now thinks is B. Cochlidium; but he thinks all the fossils belong to another species, namely B. globulosum of Kiener. He believes all the fossil Buccinums belong to one species.

NB. Take recent B. globulosum {ask to examine mass of Potamomya from Ensenado

I will inquire about small Venus


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