British Conchology: Marine shells, comprising the brachiopoda and conchifera from the family of Anomiidae to that of MactridaeJ. Van Voorst, 1863 |
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Ægean angle angular animal Bantry Bay beaks beaks small bivalve BODY Brachiopoda British brown byssal byssus Canaries cardinals cartilage Chemnitz cilia cirri coast colour compressed conchologist convex Coralline Crag crenulated curved depths dorsal margin dredged edges elliptica epidermis fathoms flexuous foot Forbes fossil fringed front margin genus gills glossy groove HABITAT hinge hinge-line hinge-plate Iceland incurved inside Isles Kellia Lamarck laminar last species lateral teeth left valve ligament lines of growth Linné longitudinal striæ Lovén lower valve lunule M'Andrew mantle margins rounded marked Modiola Mollusca mollusk Montagu muscular scars nacreous narrow notched numerous obliquely oblong obtusely orifice oval pallial scar Philippi posterior side present species resembles ribs right valve sculpture Searles Wood seas shape shell Shetland short single valve slight slightly slope smaller smooth specimens streaks striæ striated Tellina tertiaries thick thin tooth transverse triangular truncate tubes Turton umbones upper valve variety ventral yellowish-brown
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Seite 301 - Ireland) were under his examination, but at shorter intervals on receiving fresh supplies of sea-water. The animal appeared to Mr. Bulwer to be insensible both to sound and light, as the presence or absence of either did not at all interrupt its movements ; but its sense of feeling appeared to be very delicate. Minute substances dropped into the orifice of the mantle instantly excited the animal, and a column of water strongly directed expelled them from the shell ; with so much strength was the...
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Seite 74 - ... fathoms. It is also not uncommon in all our upper tertiaries, both new and old. Its foreign range comprises all the sea-bed lying between Norway and the Canaries ; and, according to Sars, it occurs with arctic shells in the " postglacial " beds of Christiania. If the oyster is the king of mollusks, this has a just claim to the rank and title of prince. In Lister's time they were held in nearly the same esteem; and the great scallop is even preferred by some, although from its luscious quality...
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