RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1844.12. [List of shells] St Josephs / Port Desire / Port St Julian / S. Cruz. CUL-DAR39.95. 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. 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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Dec /44/
St Josephs
x Pecten asper
— duplicatus
x ostrea Bellor (in this Patagonica & d'Orbig?) — whose name & priority
New Bay
Pecten asper
Port Desire
(6) Great Oyster S. Joseph S. Julian S. Cruz
1 Cucullæa alta — (S Cruz)
2 Nucula ornata
3 Pecten asper — St Joseph St Julians
4 — centralis St Julian
5 Turritella ambulacrum St. Julians & & S. Cruz
Port St Julian
10) 9 Great Oyster x
1 Pecten centralis — P. Desire
2 — germinatus P
3 — asper P. desire & St Douglas
4 Fusus Noachinus
5 — lamellosus
6 Scalaria rugulosa
(7 Balanus varians) not shell
7 8 Terebratula varidilis — St Joseph
8 9 Turritella ambulacrum P. Desire
(Compare the great Oysters from Chili & Patagonia)
(Is Venus lenticularis Zoolog Proc a recent Fuegian species)
{it is evident that very recent oyster in Ostrea Patagonica of d' orbig}
{(There is other oyster from St. Fe.)}
⸮ from P. Gorda.=}
S. Cruz
x 1 Great oyster
2 Voluta alta. (Navidad)
3 Trochus collaris (do)
4 Natica solida (do)
5 Venus near exalbida (do)} Navidad
6 Nucula glabra
7 Mactra rugata
8 Struthiolaria ornata
9 Turritella ambulacrum St. Julians & P. Desire
10 Cucullæa alta — P. Desire
11 Crepidula gregaria
12 Pectunculus [illeg]
13 Pecten (5 ribbed) centralis? St Julians & P. Desire
{I see I distinctly state that the great 5 ribbed Pecten is found here}
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