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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... columellar ridge . The spire is formed on the superior part of the shell , the turns of which are formed round the columella , or little central column , reach- ing from the opening of the shell to the summit of the spire . These ...
... columellar ridge . The spire is formed on the superior part of the shell , the turns of which are formed round the columella , or little central column , reach- ing from the opening of the shell to the summit of the spire . These ...
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... columellar lip . In proof of these ani- mals possessing this power of removing themselves from these turns of the shell , or indeed from those parts in which their residence is no longer necessary , the cir- cumstance may be adduced of ...
... columellar lip . In proof of these ani- mals possessing this power of removing themselves from these turns of the shell , or indeed from those parts in which their residence is no longer necessary , the cir- cumstance may be adduced of ...
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... columella oblique and smooth . 23. Voluta . Unilocular and spiral ; the aperture without a tail , and somewhat open at both ends : columella plaited , with no inner or columellar lip , nor um- bilicus . 24. Buccinum . Spiral and gibbous ...
... columella oblique and smooth . 23. Voluta . Unilocular and spiral ; the aperture without a tail , and somewhat open at both ends : columella plaited , with no inner or columellar lip , nor um- bilicus . 24. Buccinum . Spiral and gibbous ...
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... columella oblique , and not den- tated . Helicina . This genus is founded by Lamarck on a shell figured by Lister ( Plate LXXI . fig . 59. ) and which he de- scribes as a globular shell ; the opening entire , semioval ; columella with a ...
... columella oblique , and not den- tated . Helicina . This genus is founded by Lamarck on a shell figured by Lister ( Plate LXXI . fig . 59. ) and which he de- scribes as a globular shell ; the opening entire , semioval ; columella with a ...
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... columella , which they consider- ed as essential in a univalve shell . The shells of this genus differ in their forms ; their openings are nearly round , and their sides connected circularly . The shell is formed of seven spires ...
... columella , which they consider- ed as essential in a univalve shell . The shells of this genus differ in their forms ; their openings are nearly round , and their sides connected circularly . The shell is formed of seven spires ...
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