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Page 83
... bands of white , brown , purple , or pink ; spire consisting of three vo- lutions , the first very large , oblong , and oblique , the others small and lateral ; aperture horizontal , semiel- liptic , with the margin sharp and entire ...
... bands of white , brown , purple , or pink ; spire consisting of three vo- lutions , the first very large , oblong , and oblique , the others small and lateral ; aperture horizontal , semiel- liptic , with the margin sharp and entire ...
Page 90
... bands of cilia . 3. 1. PALUDINA vivipara . Crystalline Marsh Shell . ( t . 8. f . 118. ) Shell thin , oval , acute , volutions five , much inflated , with three brown bands ; the suture deeply impressed ; spire blunt mu- cronate . Helix ...
... bands of cilia . 3. 1. PALUDINA vivipara . Crystalline Marsh Shell . ( t . 8. f . 118. ) Shell thin , oval , acute , volutions five , much inflated , with three brown bands ; the suture deeply impressed ; spire blunt mu- cronate . Helix ...
Page 91
... bands on the larger volution ; spire composed of five inflated and deeply divided volutions , the last very large , the first a mere point ; aperture pear - shaped , a little pro- duced at the upper angle ; the inner lip a little re ...
... bands on the larger volution ; spire composed of five inflated and deeply divided volutions , the last very large , the first a mere point ; aperture pear - shaped , a little pro- duced at the upper angle ; the inner lip a little re ...
Page 92
William Turton John Edward Gray. Young shell with numerous hairy bands : Helix compactilis . Pulteney . Very young shell . Vitrina femorata . Auctor . Inhab . rivers . Shell resembling the last , but of a more oblong shape , with six ...
William Turton John Edward Gray. Young shell with numerous hairy bands : Helix compactilis . Pulteney . Very young shell . Vitrina femorata . Auctor . Inhab . rivers . Shell resembling the last , but of a more oblong shape , with six ...
Page 113
... bands . The animal is very variable in its colour . 1. Red- dish brown , with four longitudinal , black , interrupted stripes , and the shield black - spotted . 2. Brown , black - spotted , back with three yellow , and two black lines ...
... bands . The animal is very variable in its colour . 1. Red- dish brown , with four longitudinal , black , interrupted stripes , and the shield black - spotted . 2. Brown , black - spotted , back with three yellow , and two black lines ...
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2d Edition Alder animal aperture bands Brard Brit British brown Bulimus Carychium minimum Clausilia cloth colour Conch conchologists conical convex Cyclas Cyclostoma Dict Drap Draparnaud edge elongate Engravings epiphragm Fauna Fcap Férus Férussac Foolscap 8vo foot genus Helix Hist History horn-colour hortensis Icon Inhab J. C. Loudon Jeffreys Journ Leach Limax Limnæus Linn London longitudinal mantle margin Moll Mollusca Mont Montagu mouth Müller nearly Nilson oblique oblong observes operculum outer lip oval pale Paludina periostraca peristome Pfeiffer Physa Physa fontinalis pillar Pisidium Pisidium amnicum Planorbis Planorbis carinatus Plates Pupa Rossm rounded Shell ovate slightly Snail Sowerby species specimens spiral striæ striated Sturm Succinea teeth tentacles thickened thin Trans transparent Turbo Turton umbilicus Unio Valvata Valvata cristata variety ventricose Verm Vertigo Vertigo alpestris Vignette Titles Vitrina pellucida vols volutions whorls Wood Woodcuts yellowish young shells Zonites Zool
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