From S. P. Woodward [after 4 June 1856]1
p. 399.2 Vitrina limpida, Gould— Lake Superior ill-distinguished from the British sp. See also. V. Angelicæ of Greenland.
Marine shells of New England ill-distinguishable from British p. 358.
Psammobia fusca = Tellina solidula var?
———— sordida = calcaria?
Cryptodon flexuosus Brit. = C. Gouldii, Phil. of Greenland & US.
Lima sulcata, Leach of Arctic seas & US probably same as L: subauriculata Mont.
Terebratulina caput-serpentis Brit = T. septentrionalis, Couth. Mass.
Cancellaria buccinoides, Couth. Mass. = C. viridula, Müll. Norway.
Trichotropis conica, Möll Greenland = var. of T. Borealis Brit.
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Woodward, Samuel Pickworth. 1851–6. A manual of the Mollusca; or, a rudimentary treatise of recent and fossil shells. 3 pts. London. [Vols. 6,8,9]
Summary
Note on cases of representative shells that are not clearly either varieties or species.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1807
- From
- Samuel Pickworth Woodward
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 205.9: 403
- Physical description
- Amem 1p †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1807,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1807.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 6