The Conchologist's Text-book, Embracing the Arrangements of Lamarck and Linnĉus, with a Glossary of Technical Terms. To which is Added a Brief Account of the Mollusca. Sixth Edition [of the Work by Thomas Brown], Corrected and Enlarged by William Macgillivray, EtcA. Fullarton & Company, 1845 - 232 pages |
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acute animal aperture apex base beaks bivalve bivalve shells body branchiĉ branchial cavity British seas brown byssus canal cavity Character Character.-Body Character.-Shell Chiton colour columella compressed Conchology conical convex covered crenulated cylindrical depressed destitute elongated epidermis equivalve extremity flattened foot gaping genera Genus glossy groove half inch long hinge horny imperforate inches broad Indian ocean inequilateral inequivalve inhabit the ocean Inhabits the British Inhabits the Indian Inhabits the sea inside internal Lamarck laminĉ lateral teeth ligament ligament external Linnĉus mantle margin Mollusca mouth multivalve Murex muscular impressions Mytilus nearly notch oblique oblong oblong-ovate obtuse operculum orbicular outer lip oval papillĉ perforated Pirena plaits Plate XIV posterior primary teeth ribs rounded septa shell shell univalve side slightly smooth Solen species spiral spire Spondylus striĉ Suborbicular sutures Tellina tentacula testaceous thick thin tooth transversely striated truncated tube tubular umbilicus umbo umbones univalve upper valve valve ventricose volutions whorls wrinkled