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The trade in shells is one of extreme antiquity in Ceylon. The Gulf of Manaar has been fished from the earliest times for the large chank shell, Turbinella rapa, to be exported to India, where it is still sawn into rings and worn as anklets and bracelets by the women of Hindustan.
Sistrum fiscellum, Chemnitz. 21. Sistrum tuberculatum, Blainville. 22. Harpa solida, A. Adams. 23. Fasciolaria trapezium, Lamarck. 24. Turbinella cornigera, Lamarck. 25. Triton maculosus, Reeve. 27. Triton aquatilis, Reeve. 28. Solarium perspectivum, Linne. 33. Cypraa arabica, Linne. 34. Cypraa pantherina, Linne. 35. Cypraa camelopardalis, Perry. 36. Cypraa carneola, Linne. 37.
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