American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 11Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... Lamarck , Bruguìere , and others ; and to offer a few explanatory remarks , for the purpose of showing the propriety or impropriety of the de- viations from the arrangement of Lin- næus . MULTIVALVE SHELLS . Genus 1. Chiton . The animal ...
... Lamarck , Bruguìere , and others ; and to offer a few explanatory remarks , for the purpose of showing the propriety or impropriety of the de- viations from the arrangement of Lin- næus . MULTIVALVE SHELLS . Genus 1. Chiton . The animal ...
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... Lamarck thinks that Pholades should be regarded as bivalves , having accessary pieces , and that the Oscabrius ( Chitons ) should be considered as naked molluscæ , whose backs are beset with small testa- ceous laminæ . Bosc , however ...
... Lamarck thinks that Pholades should be regarded as bivalves , having accessary pieces , and that the Oscabrius ( Chitons ) should be considered as naked molluscæ , whose backs are beset with small testa- ceous laminæ . Bosc , however ...
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... Lamarck and Bruguiere have form- ed six distinct genera , which they have named Anomia , Calceola , Terebratula , Crania , Placuna , and Hyalæa , which they describe as being thus character- ized . Anomia , an irregular shell , formed ...
... Lamarck and Bruguiere have form- ed six distinct genera , which they have named Anomia , Calceola , Terebratula , Crania , Placuna , and Hyalæa , which they describe as being thus character- ized . Anomia , an irregular shell , formed ...
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... Lamarck from a shell which was discovered by Muller , and which was named by him Pa tella anomala . Its differing so entirely from Patellæ in being a bivalve , and its being inhabited by an animal totally dif ferent from that of the ...
... Lamarck from a shell which was discovered by Muller , and which was named by him Pa tella anomala . Its differing so entirely from Patellæ in being a bivalve , and its being inhabited by an animal totally dif ferent from that of the ...
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... Lamarck , was improperly considered as a species of Anomia by Linnæus , and as a species of oyster by Bruguìere ; to which latter genus it undoubtedly very nearly approximates . It is a loose unequivalved shell ; the inferior valve ...
... Lamarck , was improperly considered as a species of Anomia by Linnæus , and as a species of oyster by Bruguìere ; to which latter genus it undoubtedly very nearly approximates . It is a loose unequivalved shell ; the inferior valve ...
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abaft aft side aft-side animal appear birds bivalve body plan bone botany called calyx cavity centre circle class and order colour columella common consists corolla crystals curve deck diameter distance divided draw drawn drupe earth edge equal Essential character feet 6 inches fore side genus half breadth plan heat height hence hinge inches Jussieu keel kind Lamarck latter length Linnæus lower means ment middle line Monogynia class motion multivalve native Natural order nearly neral observed opening pain parallel perpendicular person piece plants Plate pounds produced quantity racter round salt seeds sensation sheer plan shell ship silica silk silver sometimes sophism species specific gravity square stars steam stone substance sulphuric acid surd surface teeth thick timber tion transom Triandria ture univalve upper side urethra valves vessel wound