British Conchology: Land and freshwater shellsJ. Van Voorst, 1862 |
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Algeria animal appear beaks bivalves blunt BODY body whorl British brown bulbs Bulimus colour columella compressed conchologists convex Copford cylindrical deep distinct Draparnaud eggs epidermis epidermis rather thick epiphragm Férussac folds foot France genus globular glossy Guernsey HABITAT Helix Hist inhabits inner lip keeled Land and Freshwater last occupying last species last whorl line of growth Linn Linné lusca mantle margin milk-white Moll Mollusca mollusk Montagu Moquin-Tandon Moray Firth mouth Müll Müller narrow naturalists nearly oblique oblong observed operculum oval ovoviviparous periphery rounded peristome pillar lip plates posterior side present species Pupa resembles rounded in front semitransparent shell Shell smaller short Siberia slender slightly reflected slug snails sometimes specimens specks spiral spire striæ striate suture teeth tentacles Testacella tinge transversely tubercles umbilicus univalve upper pair upper tertiary fossils valve variety Verm wood yellowish
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Seite 300 - Or, as the snail, whose tender horns being hit, Shrinks backward in his shelly cave with pain, And there, all smother'd up, in shade doth sit, Long after fearing to creep forth again...
Seite xcv - And also those which wonne in th' azure sky : For much more eath to tell the starres on hy, Albe they endlesse seeme in estimation, Then to recount the Seas posterity : So fertile be the flouds in generation, So huge their numbers, and so numberlesse their nation.
Seite lvii - Stranger ! henceforth be warned ; and know that pride; Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used; that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Seite xciv - It was interesting among these creatures to recognise several that I had been in the habit of taking in equally high northern latitudes ; and although contrary to the general belief of naturalists, I have no doubt that from however great a depth we may be enabled to bring up the mud and stones of the bed of the ocean, we shall find them teeming with animal life ; the extreme pressure at the greatest depth does not appear to affect these creatures. Hitherto we have not been able to determine this...
Seite 170 - Snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all Together. Within that house secure he hides, When danger imminent betides Of storm, or other harm besides Of weather. Give but his horns the slightest touch, His self-collecting power is such, He shrinks into his house, with much Displeasure. Where'er he dwells, he dwells alone, Except himself has chattels none, Well satisfied to be his own Whole treasure. Thus, hermitlike, his life he leads, Nor partner of his banquet needs,...
Seite 198 - From these sands come forth snails of the turbinated kind, but of different species, and all sizes, from the adult to the smallest just from the egg ; these spread themselves over the plains early in the morning, and whilst they are in quest of their own food among the dews, yield a most fattening nourishment to the sheep.
Seite xiii - These are thy glorious Works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Seite xxxiv - The facts arrived at are, — 1st. The shells of Helicidae increase but little for a considerable period, never arriving at maturity before the animal has once become dormant. 2nd. Shells do not grow whilst the animal itself remains dormant. 3rd. The growth of shells is very rapid when it does take place. 4th. Most species bury themselves in the ground to increase the dimensions of their shells.
Seite 224 - ... them. If its abode be upon the trunk of a tree covered with Lichens, then is the epidermis so constructed as to cause the shell to resemble a little knot on the bark covered with such substances. If on a smooth tree, from whose bark issue small sessile buds, as is frequently the case, it will pass off very well for one of them ; and on a dry bank, or the lower part of the body of a tree splashed with mud, its appearance will be that of a little misshapen, pointed piece of dirt.
Seite 164 - Romans, for though found near several encampments, it had occurred neither at Wroxeter nor at York, nor in many other parts of England and Wales where the Romans built cities or had important military stations, and in " all probability this kind of snail was not known to them, as another species (H. lucorum} takes its place in Central Italy.