RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [List of living and fossil shells]. CUL-DAR39.90. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2022. RN1
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Chonos former? Lemus (Ypun)
N.B Get Cuming to say what genera of all these fossils are found on East Coast
= fragment of voluta =
Turritella suturalis
Sigaretus subgelobosus
Huafo
Bulla cosmophila – Bandar & Pari. var of B. lignaria
Dentalium majus
Pleurotoma subæqualis like recent species from S. America
Triton leucostimoides – resembling T leucostoma
Fusus subsecurvus — not like any recent
Turritella angulata (recent)
Venus exalbida (?) recent or extinct? (Cytheræa (?) sulculosa)
(Chiloe.)
Tellinides (?) oblonga
Cytheræa (?) sulculosa
Natica striolata — resemble n. melastoma of Swainson
— (?) punila
(Concepcion)
Trigonia undosa — resembling Portland T. giblosa var
Baculites vertebrates
Nautilus 1 not simplex in natilus yes a secondary slate)
Natica Gibboniana (in natica a Tertiary secondary slate)
Ammonites
Navidad
1 Gastridium. not gen:
2 Voluta alta — near to V, magellanica x
3 — triplicata
4 Oliva dimidiata
5 Pleurotoma discors — near Pari fossil
7 Trochus lævis
8 — collaris x
9 Tusus pyruliformis — somewhat near recent species
10 Tusus (?) regualris (?)
11 — subiflexus
12 Turritella carinefera (?)
13 Turritella suturalis
14 Cassis monilifer
15 Pyrula distans
16 Triton verruculosus rather near recent
17 Sigaretus subglobosus
18 Natua solida (like recent) x
19 Corbis (?) lævigata
20 cardium mulluradictum
21 Terbra undulifera
22 — costellata
23 Dentilium gigantum (a*)
24 — sulecosum
25 venus near exalbida x
26 Pectunulus dispar
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Coquimbo
do series
venus opaca recent ?
artemis concertica recent
natica duplicata recent
Peona maxillate
ostra patagonica — p. 90 d' orby a gigantic oyster found in front of mocha
Bulla hydalis (?) (very imperfect)
Cardium nude (new) — Concepcion?? d' orbigny
mytilus chiloensis recent (on my anything in original)
monoceros cariaferous [illeg] (not recent) state that I did not check thus, but complexdid & found it with great oyster & Perna
Intermediate
Balanus (recent)?
— many shell oysters
monoceros cariaferous (not recent)
Pecten probably undescribed in fragments
Perna mytilus chiloensis
Upper
Pecten purpuretus (very near)
Calyptræa radians (⸮ also purple Trochus of Valparaiso)
Turritella cingulata
Oliva permiana
Solar Dombiana
Murex laliosus
Balanus
Nassa
Venus chiloensis
Amphiderma nigulosum
Venus opaca
Mulinia Byronenis
monoceros costatum
Erycuria donaciformis
{Ask Forbes is bed where Pectunculus, & Oliva most abundant & next Turritella & Fusus & with the other shells, what depth of water
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