Natural History, Mollusca

by Philip Henry Gosse

NATURAL HISTORY.

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MOLLUSCA.

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By P. H. GOSSE, A.L.S.

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PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION,
APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.

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LONDON:

Printed for the

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE;

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and by all booksellers.

1854.

CONTENTS.

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	PAGE
MOLLUSCA	1
CEPHALOPODA	58
DIBRANCHIATA	65
Sepiadæ	66
Sepia	68
officinalis	ib.
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PTEROPODA	71
Clio	72
borealis	ib.
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GASTEROPODA	74
PULMONIFERA	80
Cyclostomadæ	81
Cyclostoma	ib.
elegans	ib.
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Auriculadæ	82
Conovulus	ib.
denticulatus	ib.
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Limneadæ	84
Limneus	86
stagnalis	ib.
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Helicidæ	88
Helix	91
pomatia	92
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Limacidæ	97
Limax	ib.
agrestis	98
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NUDIBRANCHIATA	99
Dorididæ	105
Doris	106
bilamellata	107
tuberculata	ib.
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Tritoniadæ	110
Tritonia	119
Hombergi	ib.
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Eolididæ	122
Eolis	124
coronata	ib.
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TECTIBRANCHIATA	127
Pleurobranchiadæ	ib.
Pleurobranchus	129
plumula	130
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Aplysiadæ	137
Aplysia	141
leporina	143
hybrida	144
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Bulladæ	145
Scaphander	146
lignarius	ib.
Philine	147
aperta	ib.
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CYCLOBRANCHIATA	149
Patelladæ	ib.
Patella	153
cochlear	ib.
vulgata	154
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Chitonidæ	158
Chiton	160
spiniferus	ib.
fascicularis	161
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PECTINIBRANCHIATA	163
Cypræadæ	164
Cypræa	165
tigris	166
exanthema	167
moneta	171
Europæa	ib.
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Muricidæ	174
Murex	175
Purpura	180
lapillus	181
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Velutinidæ	185
Velutina	ib.
lævigata	ib.
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Naticadæ	186
Natica	ib.
monilifera	188
Alderi	189
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Pyramidelladæ	191
Stylifer	ib.
Turtoni	192
astericola	ib.
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Scalaridæ	193
Scalaria	194
pretiosa	195
communis	ib.
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Cerithiadæ	196
Aporrhais	ib.
pes carbonis	197
pes pelicani	ib.
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Turbinidæ	198
Phasianella	ib.
bulimoides	ib.
Littorina	199
neritoides	ib.
rudis	ib.
petræa	200
littorea	202
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Paludinadæ	202
Bithinia	203
tentaculata	ib.
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Neritidæ	204
Neritina	ib.
fluviatilis	205
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Trochidæ	206
Trochus	207
granulatus	ib.
striatus	ib.
magus	ib.
cinerarius	209
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Fissurelladæ	ib.
Fissurella	210
reticulata	ib.
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Calyptræadæ	211
Calyptræa	ib.
Pileopsis	212
Hungaricus	ib.
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Dentaliadæ	214
Dentalium	216
Tarentinum	ib.
entalis	217
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CONCHIFERA	219
MONOMYARIA	225
Ostreadæ	ib.
Ostrea	231
edulis	ib.
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Aviculadæ	239
Avicula	240
margaritifera	ib.
Pinna	249
pectinata	ib.
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DIMYARIA	252
Arcadæ	ib.
Arca	253
Noæ	254
tetragona	ib.
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Mytilidæ	255
Mytilus	256
edulis	259
choros	262
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Unionidæ	262
Unio	264
pictorum	ib.
margaritiferus	ib.
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Cardiadæ	268
Cardium	ib.
rusticum	270
edule	272
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Cyprinadæ	273
Cyprina	ib.
Isocardia	ib.
cor	274
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Veneridæ	276
Venus	278
striatula	ib.
ovata	ib.
casina	279
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Mactradæ	279
Mactra	280
helvacea	ib.
stultorum	ib.
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Donacidæ	ib.
Donax	281
politus	ib.
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Tellinadæ	282
Psammobia	283
vespertina	284
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Solenidæ	284
Solen	286
siliqua	287
marginatus	288
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Myadæ	289
Mya	290
arenaria	291
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Gastrochænadæ	294
Gastrochæna	ib.
modiolina	295
Saxicava	ib.
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Pholadidæ	298
Pholas	301
parva	ib.
dactylus	ib.
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BRACHIOPODA	309
Terebratula	311
psittacea	ib.
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TUNICATA	312
Ascidiadæ	313
Ascidia	314
virginea	315
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Clavelinadæ	ib.
Perophora	ib.
Listeri	ib.
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Botryllidæ	317
Botryllus	ib.
polycyclus	ib.
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Salpadæ	318
Salpa	319
runcinata	320
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INDEX	326