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

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.


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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

Cytheræa sulculosa

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

[90v]

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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