RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1855.05.05. Abstract of Jay, A catalogue of the shells. CUL-DAR46.2.B15. 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
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. The volume CUL-DAR46.2 contains Notes for Natural selection.
J. C. Jay. 1850. A catalogue of the shells, arranged according to the Lamarckian system, with their authorities, synonymes, and references to works where figured or described, contained in the collection of John C. Jay, M.D. 4th ed. New York: Craighead.
[B15]
May 5 / 55/ Cuming tells me, that Margarita found at C. Horn & New Zealand, Iceland, Greenland, N. America & not in Tropics. —— Trophon in Falklands & N. Zealand — in Greenland & N. America not in Tropics ——No Cuming admits that Trophon fd. in St. of Macassar.—
Tricopteris Astarte — Buccinium true, morio only in North — Struthiopteris only in S. seven other genera only in South
— Jay's Catalogue
p. 307. Margarita has 15 species in Jay's Catalogue, 2 species in Falklands, all rest N. America & N. ocean. I see synonyms are Turbo & Trochus
p. 323 Trophon 3 species North & 1. St of Macassar?
(Trophon is Murex of Donders)
[B15v]
X Jay's Catalogue p 20 Erycina 6 species, 4 Mediterranean 1 Australian 1 S. American — (These are Tropical species)
X p. 92. Anomia Anomia 9 species 1. Isle of Negros.
(There are no other cases of genera in N. & S. & not in intermediate Tropics)
(Mr Hancock says he knows of no parallel cases in naked Molluscs.)
[Albany Hancock (1806-1873), zoologist and palaeontologist. See Correspondence vol. 4.]
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