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Excerpt from Conchologia Iconica, or Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals, Vol. 6: Cointaining Monographs of the Genera Voluta, Fissurella, Partula, Achatinella, Artemis, Lucina, Hemipecten, Oliva, Strombus, Pterocera, Rostellaria
The geographical distribution of the Volutes is worthy of careful attention. Of sixty-one species at present known, twenty-four, as already stated, inhabit the coast of Australia. In the great eastern ocean, from Java to Japan, only twelve are found. Seven are from different parts of the coast of Africa, including Madagascar, six from South America, east and west, and four inhabit the W est Indies and the Gulf of Mexico. Eight species the locality is not known.
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