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... short description of the animals , and a few notes on their habits , have been added ; and this new feature in the work might have been greatly extended , had it not been feared to add too much to its bulk . Great care has been taken in ...
... short description of the animals , and a few notes on their habits , have been added ; and this new feature in the work might have been greatly extended , had it not been feared to add too much to its bulk . Great care has been taken in ...
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... short stunted grass it is also found in the south of France , Greece , and Syria . Helix aperta and H. revelata have as yet only been found in the island of Guernsey , where they were discovered by Mr. Edw . Forbes . This island is ...
... short stunted grass it is also found in the south of France , Greece , and Syria . Helix aperta and H. revelata have as yet only been found in the island of Guernsey , where they were discovered by Mr. Edw . Forbes . This island is ...
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... planorbis in Norfolk , and Helix brevipes in Derbyshire . Pro- bably , misled by Turton's figure , he mistook some of the smaller Zonites for the latter . Thomas BLAIR . A Short Notice of the Habits of 54 INTRODUCTION .
... planorbis in Norfolk , and Helix brevipes in Derbyshire . Pro- bably , misled by Turton's figure , he mistook some of the smaller Zonites for the latter . Thomas BLAIR . A Short Notice of the Habits of 54 INTRODUCTION .
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William Turton John Edward Gray. Thomas BLAIR . A Short Notice of the Habits of Testacellus scu- tulum . Loudon's Mag . N. Hist . vi . 43 . Willlam BORLASE . The Natural History of Cornwall . Oxford , 1758 . fol . Thomas Brown . Account ...
William Turton John Edward Gray. Thomas BLAIR . A Short Notice of the Habits of Testacellus scu- tulum . Loudon's Mag . N. Hist . vi . 43 . Willlam BORLASE . The Natural History of Cornwall . Oxford , 1758 . fol . Thomas Brown . Account ...
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... As all shells are formed of a shelly cone ( which , when very long , is generally rolled round an imaginary axis , for the purpose of diminishing the space that it occupies ; but when it is short , is TABLE OF GENERA . 69.
... As all shells are formed of a shelly cone ( which , when very long , is generally rolled round an imaginary axis , for the purpose of diminishing the space that it occupies ; but when it is short , is TABLE OF GENERA . 69.
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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 Limnĉus 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 striĉ 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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