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:

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