Elements of Conchology, According to the Linnæan System ...J. Duncan, 1825 - 245 من الصفحات |
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angular animal Anomia aperture aperture white apex areola Argonauta base beaks Bivalves brown BUCCINUM Bulla CARDIUM character CHeath direct Chiton cinereous coloured plates columella columellar lip compressed Conchology CONUS convex copperplates Coquilles crenate Cypræa division DONAX eared EIBurrow delt ELBurrow finely striate gaping genera genus gibbous Haliotis HELIX hinge imperforate Indian Ocean Inhabits the Indian Inhabits the Mediterranean internal l'Acad Lepas Linnæan Linnæus Lister Conch Lond longitudinally MACTRA margin Mém MULTIVALVES Murex muricate Mytilus Natural Nautilus Nerita oblique obtuse OPERCULUM Ostrea outer lip Paris Patella perforated Phil PHOLAS Pinna plaited posterior purplish rays reddish ribs Seas Shell ovate SHELL univalve side slope smooth SOLEN species Specimen pale Specimen white spines spiral spire SPONDYLUS spots striæ STROMBUS suture tapering teeth TELLINA Testacea testaceous tooth Trans transversely striate triangular Trochus Turbo umbilicate umbilicus valves Venus vertex VIII Voluta whorls wooden cuts wrinkled Yellow yellowish
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الصفحة 76 - fIgyovaur,j;, a companion of Jason in the celebrated voyage of the ship Argo. The art of navigation is supposed to have owed its origin to the expert management of this instinctive sailor. He was observed by the ancients, and subsequent experience has confirmed the observation, to raise himself to the surface of the sea by ejecting a quantity of water, and thus diminishing the specific gravity of his vessel. When floating in a calm, he would throw out two or more tentacula, to serve as oars.
الصفحة 212 - ... Haute et la Basse Auvergne, par JB Bouillet, 1836. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes, par M. Lucas, MDCCCXL. Histoire d'un petit crustacé auquel on a faussement attribué la coloration en rouge des marais salants méditerranéens, par M. Joly, 1840. Traité sommaire des coquilles fluviatiles et terrestres qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, MDCCLXVII. Manuel de l'histoire naturelle des Mollusques et de leurs coquilles, par M. Sander Rang, 1829. Notice sur...
الصفحة 81 - Greek xSivoi expresses the peculiar form to which the genus is indebted for its name. CYPR^EA. A. Mucronate, or with a projecting spire. (Plate XIV. Fig. 1.) B. Obtuse, and without manifest spire. (Fig. 2.) C. Umbilicate. (Fig. 3.) D. Margined. (Fig. 4.) SHELL univalve, involute, subovate, obtuse, smooth. Aperture effuse at both ends, linear, toothed on both sides, longitudinal. The genus is remarkable for the high polish which adorns it in its native state. The only species of other genera which...
الصفحة 67 - ... the division B. Strong locomotive powers have been attributed to the Pecten, which are, it is said, exerted in a most singular manner. A very rapid progress is effected by the sudden opening and closing of the shell. This is done with so much muscular force, as to throw it four or five inches at a time. In the water, an equal dexterity is evinced by the animal, in raising himself to the surface, directing his course ad libitum, and suddenly, by the shutting of his valves, dropping to the bottom.
الصفحة 16 - Bimarginate ; having the lip with a double margin. . lilaliata. Bilabiate; constructed with both an internal and external lip; in opposition to those shells which are destitute of the interior one. dehiscens. Gaping ; the lower part of the lip being distended. coarctala. Coarctate; contracted, straight : opposed to effuse. effusa. Effuse; having the lips separated by a sinus or gutter, so that if the shell were filled with water it would flow out at the back part. reflexa. Reflex ; having the fore...
الصفحة 204 - Trans. 1744, XLIII. p. 157, fig.— Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond. XII. p. 227. 2. Observations on Inhabitants, Climate, Soil, Rivers, Productions, Animals and other matters worthy of notice, made in his Travels from Pennsylvania and Canada, etc. Lond. 1751, 8°. fig.
الصفحة 216 - Mém. Ac. Se. Par. 1756, p. 145. — Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond. VII. p. 240. 6. Sur les Conques Anatifères. — Guett. Mém. IV. p. 238 — Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond. VII. p. 220. 7. Sur les Tuyaux marins. — Guett. Mém. III. p. 18. — Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond. VII. p. 24-0. 8. Sur le Rapport qu'il ya entre les Coraux et les Tuyaux marins, et entre ceux-ci et les Coquilles. — Mém. Ac. Se. Par. 1760, p. 1 14, fig.--Tr.
الصفحة xi - The following pages are devoted to the task of facilitating the study of conchology, on the method of the Swedish naturalist ; and they are written under the firm persuasion, that a material change is dangerous, even in speculative matters, when the principle has stood the test of...
الصفحة 15 - Spinose -ous -ed: set with acute processes or spines. Spinous-radiate: beset with spines in a circle, either concatenate, united at their bases, or setaceous, like bristles. Spinulae: spinous processes at the apex of the tibia: also called spines, spurs or heels.