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Title: Beautiful Shells of New Zealand
An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand
Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning
them

Author: E. G. B. Moss

Release Date: September 23, 2010 [EBook #33987]

Language: English

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BEAUTIFUL SHELLS

OF NEW ZEALAND.

An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors
of New Zealand Marine Shells

WITH

Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them.

BY

E. G. B. MOSS,

BARRISTER, AUCKLAND.

Photographs by C. SPENCER, Auckland.

1908.

PUBLISHERS:
COLLINS BROS. & CO., LIMITED, AUCKLAND.

[Transcriber's Note: Words surrounded by tildes, like ~this~ signifies
words in bold.]

CONTENTS.

PAGE.

Preface 3

Chapter I.--Shells and their Inmates 5

Chapter II.--Collecting and Cleaning Shells 10

Chapter III.--Description of Plates 14

INDEX.

Page.

Acmaea fragilis, 43

Acmaea octoradiata, 43

Acmaea pileopsis, 43

Amphibola crenata, 26

Anatina angasi, 32

Anaitis yatei, 37

Ancilla australis, 17

Ancilla pyramidalis, 17

Anomia walteri, 46

Apollo argus, 22

Apollo australasia, 22

Arca decussata, 40

Argonauta nodosa, 14

Astralium heliotropium, 27

Astralium sulcatum, 27

Atactodea subtriangulata, 36

Bankivia varians, 29

Barbatia decussata, 40

Barnea similis, 32

Buccinulus kirki, 30

Bulla quoyi, 32

Calliostoma pellucidum, 24

Calliostoma punctulatum, 24

Calliostoma selectum, 24

Calliostoma tigris, 23

Calyptraea maculata, 42

Cantharidus fasciatus, 29

Cantharidus iris, 28

Cantharidus purpuratus, 28

Cantharidus tenebrosus, 28

Cardita australis, 39

Cardita aviculina, 38

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