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Descriptive Catalogue of the British Testacea.
parts of their structure. The coverings of the Sabella seem
to be more of an adventitious nature, and may be considered
rather as serving the purposes of habitations, than as being
organized integrals of the contained animal. — If these ideas
be correct, the genus Sabella does not come within our pro-
vince.
III. Some