A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Conchylium,-ii (s.n.II), abl.sg. conchylio: a testaceous animal, a mollusk, a shell-fish such as an oyster; “the purple-fish, murex” (Glare); also a purple color, purple; “the shell of a mollusk” (WIII) [> Gk. konchylion, mollusc, shell, from konchE, conch (WIII)]; see shellfish;

- Hab. rupibus conchyliisque demersis adnata, in sinubus tranquillioribus utriusque maris rara species, a rare species, it grows attached to submerged rocks and shell-fish in the more tranquil bays of each sea.

- [Bryum; moss] Habitat: loco aprico inter Paramaribo et plantationem Quarta, in solo limoso conchyliis intermixto (DozyMoek], it lives in an open place between Paramaribo and the plantation ‘Quarta,’ in muddy soil intermixed with shellfish.

- in montibus benemultis et etiam deserto vicinis, longeque a mare distantibus, immensas conchyliorum marinorum congeries detexi (Desf.), I have discovered both in very many mountains and also near to the desert, and far distant from the sea, immense accumulations of marine conchylia [i.e. shellfish].

- Confervæ vilissimæ filtris aptæ sunt, quædam a piscibus & avibus maritimis devorantur, aliæ nidum præbent & foetificationi conchyliorum aliorumque insectorum aquaticorum inserviunt, sicuti terrestres Musci domicilia insectis terrestribus dant (Dill.), Conferva most common, suited for [felted mats of interwoven fibers], certain ones eagerly consumed by fishes and sea birds, others provide for a nest and are serviceable for the spawning of shellfish, and of different aquatic insects, just as terrestrial mosses supply the dwelling places for terrestrial insects