Excerpt from Catalogue Of The Conchifera Or Bivalve Shells in The Collection Of The British Museum, Vol. 1: Veneridæ, Cyprinidæ And Glauconomidæ This Catalogue has been to give the Family, Generic and Specific characters of the different species of Bivalve Shells, accompanied with their chief Synonyms. The species in the British Museum are marked with the letters b.m on the outer margin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.