RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Table of Peru & Chile shell genera with latitude]. CUL-DAR39.91-92. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2022. RN2
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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Names of Genera |
Southern Latitudes, in which found fossil on coast of Chile & Peru |
Southern Latitude found Living on the West coasts of S. America
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x Bulla (1) |
30° to 43° 30' |
12° Lima not tropical |
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(1) Turritella |
34° to 44° 30' |
fossil |
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(2) Natica |
30° to 43° |
33° Valparaiso |
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(3) Trochus |
34° |
Valparaiso |
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(4) Scalaria |
36° to 30° |
Valparaiso +not tropical + where do the species live? |
|
(5) monoceros |
30° - 34° |
everywhere |
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Gastridium |
34° |
|
|
x Cassis (2) |
34° |
1° 37' truly tropical |
|
(6) Triton |
34° to 43° 30' |
20° Iquique; Valparaiso 33°? |
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x Pyrula 4 |
34° to 36° 30' |
5° Payta not tropical |
|
x Fusus 5 |
30° to 43° 30' |
23° maxillones do |
|
x Pleurotoma 6 |
34° to 43° 30' |
2° 18 St Elena do |
|
Rostellaria |
5° |
not found (Tropical) + |
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x Terebra (7) |
34° |
5° Payta (one or two small species in Britain & [illeg] |
|
x Oliva |
30 to 34 |
30° Coquimbo |
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x voluta |
34° to 44° 30' |
— Everywhere (not north of Chonos not till Central America |
|
x Sigaretus 8 |
34° to 44° 30' |
12° Lima (Tropical truly) Valparaiso |
|
Dentalium |
34° to 43° 30' |
Valparaiso |
Make a note on what genera d' Orbigny says are not found} |
x Anomia (9) |
30° |
in Lat 7.48' S. |
|
10 Ostrea |
5° to 37° |
Chiloe |
|
11 Pecten |
30° to 36° 30' |
Coquimbo everywhere |
|
x Perna (10) |
30° |
1° 23' Xixappa & Isle of Plata where |
|
12 Arca |
36° 30 — |
20° Iquique & island of Juan Fernando 33° 30' |
|
13 Pectunculus |
5° to 34° |
Iquique Valparaiso |
|
14 Nucula |
36° 30' |
Valparaiso (not tropical) |
|
Trigonia |
36° 30' |
nowhere — Australia |
|
x Cardium 10 |
34° to 43° 30' |
5° Payta |
|
15 Tellinides (?) Zellin |
43° |
Valparaiso |
|
Corbis |
34° |
not found on West Coast (Indian) (Tropical) 2 spec |
|
16 Mytilus |
30° |
everywhere |
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Table continued
17 Mactra |
30° to 36° 30' |
Valparaiso |
18 Venus |
30° to 43° 30' |
Valparaiso |
19 Cytheræa |
34° to 43° 30' |
Valparaiso |
Artermis (11) |
30° do not on coast of Chile-Payta (not tropical) 5° Payta |
|
Sole |
30° |
(not south of Equator (not tropical) |
x Panopæa |
30° (not West coast) {Mediterranean British Australia |
|
Patagonia genera |
|
Tropical |
Crassatella |
Swan River — Adelaide (mostly torrid zone Australian Lamarck |
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Cardita |
all parts — British |
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Cucullæa |
Isle of France & China, (nowhere else) |
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Trigonocelia |
(Mr Cuming does not know) |
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Struthioloaria |
(all New Zealand = 5 species= |
Ask Calyptræa radians
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