RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1832.11.27-12.03]. San Blas shells. CUL-DAR39.126. 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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1st Chapt & 4th Chapt
San Blas Shells (d' Orbigny Geolog)
[in margin:] Correct spelling in Pamps Ch.
1. Volutella angulata dorbigny +
2 Scalaria elegens d
3 natica limbate d.
4. Olicancyllaria brasiliensis do + ─ spell
5. O. auri-cularia nd + Olivancilla in d' oby MS
6. Voluta Brasiliana. Soland + in d'orby MS Volutella see Mollus vivants
7. V. tuberculata wood
8. Buccinanops cochlidium + do
9. B. globulosum + do
10. nucula lanceolata Sow
11. N. puelcha do.
12. Lucina patagonica do
13. Lutrania plicatula Lam
14. Cyprina patagonica do.
(6 identical with B. Blanca shells)
(Incordon-Marcuburia)
[South America, p. 5: "At San Blas (40° 40' S.), a little south of the mouth of the Colorado, M. d'Orbigny* found fourteen species of existing shells (six of them identical with those from Bahia Blanca), embedded in their natural positions."]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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