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... wood - cut figures of the shells have been interspersed in the text . All the new species introduced into the work , and the more remarkable varieties , have been figured , and added to the plates ( except Vertigo angustior , which ...
... wood - cut figures of the shells have been interspersed in the text . All the new species introduced into the work , and the more remarkable varieties , have been figured , and added to the plates ( except Vertigo angustior , which ...
Page 13
... wood about Pershore , Worcestershire ; but he has since doubted the accuracy of this information ( Man . ed . i . 142. ) , and M. Férussac says that it has never been found within 15 degrees of Britain . 16. PUPA cinerea Drap . 65. t ...
... wood about Pershore , Worcestershire ; but he has since doubted the accuracy of this information ( Man . ed . i . 142. ) , and M. Férussac says that it has never been found within 15 degrees of Britain . 16. PUPA cinerea Drap . 65. t ...
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... 396. , Potiez , Gal . 1. 236. t . 24. f . 7 , 8 . Cyclost . productum Turton , Man . ed . 1. 94. f . 76 . Turbo fulvus Wood , Cat . Supp . t . 6. f . 9 . Inhab . Minorca , Algiers . Introduced by Dr. Turton 16 INTRODUCTION .
... 396. , Potiez , Gal . 1. 236. t . 24. f . 7 , 8 . Cyclost . productum Turton , Man . ed . 1. 94. f . 76 . Turbo fulvus Wood , Cat . Supp . t . 6. f . 9 . Inhab . Minorca , Algiers . Introduced by Dr. Turton 16 INTRODUCTION .
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... Wood , Cat . Supp . t . 6. f . 26 . Inhab . West Indies , Island of Tortola . L. Guilding . Rev. Introduced by Dr. Turton , who says he received it from Cornwall , and figures it for B. articulatus of Lamarck , which is only a variety ...
... Wood , Cat . Supp . t . 6. f . 26 . Inhab . West Indies , Island of Tortola . L. Guilding . Rev. Introduced by Dr. Turton , who says he received it from Cornwall , and figures it for B. articulatus of Lamarck , which is only a variety ...
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... wood , near London , and to the neighbourhood of Hastings , Sussex . Succinea oblonga . This species has only been recorded as a native of South Wales and North Devon , but it has probably a larger range ; I think it is indi- cated as a ...
... wood , near London , and to the neighbourhood of Hastings , Sussex . Succinea oblonga . This species has only been recorded as a native of South Wales and North Devon , but it has probably a larger range ; I think it is indi- cated as a ...
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2d Edition Alder animal aperture bands Brard Brit British brown Bulimus Carychium minimum Clausilia cloth colour Conch conchologists conical convex Cyclas Cyclostoma Dict Drap Draparnaud edge elongate Engravings epiphragm Fauna Fcap Férus Férussac Foolscap 8vo foot genus Helix Hist History horn-colour hortensis Icon Inhab J. C. Loudon Jeffreys Journ Leach Limax Limnæus Linn London longitudinal mantle margin Moll Mollusca Mont Montagu mouth Müller nearly Nilson oblique oblong observes operculum outer lip oval pale Paludina periostraca peristome Pfeiffer Physa Physa fontinalis pillar Pisidium Pisidium amnicum Planorbis Planorbis carinatus Plates Pupa Rossm rounded Shell ovate slightly Snail Sowerby species specimens spiral striæ striated Sturm Succinea teeth tentacles thickened thin Trans transparent Turbo Turton umbilicus Unio Valvata Valvata cristata variety ventricose Verm Vertigo Vertigo alpestris Vignette Titles Vitrina pellucida vols volutions whorls Wood Woodcuts yellowish young shells Zonites Zool
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