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- conducted in the gulf. Also collected in large numbers are Shankha mollusks (Xancus pyrum) whose s**** are used as a ritual and religious object. Other mollusks...
- from the Indian word shankha, the divine conch. The old generic name was Xancus. The Dutch used to call them chianco. This species is found mainly in the...
- the Indian coastline proper. Durante primarily discusses the marine s**** Xancus pyrum and the fact that it was traded whole and intact, then worked or reworked...
- 2200 BC: Protractor, Phase IV, Lothal, Indus Valley (modern-day India), a Xancus s**** cylinder with sawn grooves, at right angles, in its top and bottom...
- Synonyms Buccinella Perry, 1811 Turbinellus Lamarck, 1801 (invalid emendation of Turbinella, placed on Official Index by Opinion 489) Xancus Röding, 1798...
- conch, Turbinella pyrum, a closely related species from the Indian Ocean. Xancus angulata (Lightfoot, 1786) Voluta angulata Lightfoot, 1786 Murex scolymus...
- Turbinella laevigata Anton, 1838 Synonyms Xancus laevigata (Anton, 1838) Turbinella ovoidea Kiener, 1840 Xancus ovoidea (Kiener, 1840) Turbinella rianae...
- Xancus angulatus...
- s****-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp Abbott R.T.(1950) - The Genera Xancus and Vasum in the Western Atlantic; Johnsonia v. 2 19-32 Abbott, R. T. (1959)...
- florencis Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z XancusXancus wilsoni Xenophora †Xenophora conchyliophora Contents A B C D E F G H...