Otia conchologica: descriptions of shells and mollusks, from 1839 to 1862.
By: By Augustus A. Gould, M.D.
Contributors: North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856.; United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Publisher: Gould and Lincoln
Published: 1862
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Shells; Mollusks -- Pacific Ocean; Mollusks -- Catalogs and collections
Other titles: Expedition shells.
Notes: "Short papers ... have been published in several periodicals. Extra copies of the sheets relating to the shells of the exploring expeditions under Captains Wilkes and Rodgers were secured as they were originally printed."--Pref.
Table of contents: title: Expedition shells: described for the work of the United States Exploring Expedition, commanded by Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., during the years 1838-1842 ... <From the "Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History."> Boston, Printed by Freeman and Bolles, 1846.; title: Shells of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, commanders Ringgold and Rodgers; mostly collected by William Stimpson.; title: Collectanea. Descriptions of shells and mollusks ... Reprinted from various scientific periodicals, with revisions.