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... It is also found fossilized with living species of Cyclas and Pisidium , in the Pleistocene fresh - water marls , at Stutton , Grays , Ilford , and Erith . CHAPTER III . WATER - BREATHING SNAILS . ( Gasteropoda BIVALVES . 43.
... It is also found fossilized with living species of Cyclas and Pisidium , in the Pleistocene fresh - water marls , at Stutton , Grays , Ilford , and Erith . CHAPTER III . WATER - BREATHING SNAILS . ( Gasteropoda BIVALVES . 43.
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... Pleistocene fresh - water marls at Copford , Clacton , & c . GENUS HELIX . The British Helices are comprised in 25 species , which I have arranged into artificial groups , founded upon characters afforded by the adult shells . These are ...
... Pleistocene fresh - water marls at Copford , Clacton , & c . GENUS HELIX . The British Helices are comprised in 25 species , which I have arranged into artificial groups , founded upon characters afforded by the adult shells . These are ...
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... H. ruderata , which , though distributed throughout Northern and Southern Europe , ceased to exist in Great Britain at the close of the period of the deposi- Ꮮ tion of the Pleistocene fresh - water marls of Essex LAND SNAILS . 145.
... H. ruderata , which , though distributed throughout Northern and Southern Europe , ceased to exist in Great Britain at the close of the period of the deposi- Ꮮ tion of the Pleistocene fresh - water marls of Essex LAND SNAILS . 145.
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Ralph Tate. tion of the Pleistocene fresh - water marls of Essex , & c . With them is also Hydrobia mar- ginata , which , though not now found living in Britain , is repelled to Switzerland and Southern France . H. hispida and H ...
Ralph Tate. tion of the Pleistocene fresh - water marls of Essex , & c . With them is also Hydrobia mar- ginata , which , though not now found living in Britain , is repelled to Switzerland and Southern France . H. hispida and H ...
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... Pleistocene marls ; the former at Clacton and Orton , the latter at Copford . Many of the pulmoniferous snails now rare in this country were formerly abundant , and had a wider geographical range than at present ; e . g . , Bulimus ...
... Pleistocene marls ; the former at Clacton and Orton , the latter at Copford . Many of the pulmoniferous snails now rare in this country were formerly abundant , and had a wider geographical range than at present ; e . g . , Bulimus ...
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abundant animal aperture aquatic plants Arion aspersa bands Bithinia body Britain British species brown Bulimus canals central tooth Clausilia cloth Coil Shell colour columella convex Copford Cyclas cylindrical damp decaying dental formula deposits diameter distinguished distributed ditches eggs elongated England Eocene epidermis epiphragm Fcap foot fossilized fresh-water gardens genus globular glossy Helicella Helix horny Illustrated inch inhabits Ireland Isle of Wight J. G. Jeffreys keel lakes Lankester last whorl length Limax LIMNEA lingual ribbon living mantle margin minute mollusk moss mouth mussel nearly nemoralis North oblique oblong occurs operculum orifice outer lip oval ovoviviparous Paludina peristome places PLANORBIS Plate ponds Pupa rare resembles rivers rocks rounded shell side slender slightly slugs snail soil Sowerbii spiral spire stones striæ striated surface suture tentacles Testacella thick thin transparent transverse rows trees umbilicus upper VERTIGO Vincent Brooks Vitrina woods young
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