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... garden snail , the oyster , and cuttle- fish . 4. Hollow - intestined animals , termed Coelen- terata ; as the sea - anemone , the coral polype . 5. Jelly animals , termed Protozoa ; as infusory animalcules and the sponge . The ...
... garden snail , the oyster , and cuttle- fish . 4. Hollow - intestined animals , termed Coelen- terata ; as the sea - anemone , the coral polype . 5. Jelly animals , termed Protozoa ; as infusory animalcules and the sponge . The ...
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... garden snail , & c . , — meaning no horse in particular , no oyster , no garden snail in particular . Let us examine this matter more closely . Let us collect a number of snails from a garden ; we see that they form a natural group ...
... garden snail , & c . , — meaning no horse in particular , no oyster , no garden snail in particular . Let us examine this matter more closely . Let us collect a number of snails from a garden ; we see that they form a natural group ...
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... garden snail " by a further name , which is the specific one , because it points out the species or particular snail among the general assemblage of snails . Thus the garden snail is known among naturalists as Helix hortensis ; that is ...
... garden snail " by a further name , which is the specific one , because it points out the species or particular snail among the general assemblage of snails . Thus the garden snail is known among naturalists as Helix hortensis ; that is ...
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... he wished to define a garden snail , without resorting to such means , he would be forced to compare his description with that of * M . Milne - Edwards . 350,000 different animals . But if he says that the INTRODUCTION . 7.
... he wished to define a garden snail , without resorting to such means , he would be forced to compare his description with that of * M . Milne - Edwards . 350,000 different animals . But if he says that the INTRODUCTION . 7.
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... garden snail from the slugs , pond snails , and the like ; and having arrived at the genus to which it belongs , a few distinguishing characters in addition will enable him to determine the species . Further , if the classification be ...
... garden snail from the slugs , pond snails , and the like ; and having arrived at the genus to which it belongs , a few distinguishing characters in addition will enable him to determine the species . Further , if the classification be ...
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abundant Ancylus animal aperture Arion aspersa bands bivalves body Britain British species brown Bulimus 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 frequently fresh-water gardens genus globular glossy grass Helicella Helicidae Helix horny Illustrated inch inhabits Ireland J. G. Jeffreys keel lakes Lankester last whorl length Limax lingual ribbon living mantle margin minute mollusk moss mouth mussel narrow nearly nemoralis North number of teeth oblique oblong occurs operculum outer lip oval ovoviviparous peristome places PLANORBIS Plate ponds Pupa rare resembles rivers rocks S. P. Woodward shell side slightly slugs snail specimens spiral spire stones striæ striated surface suture tentacles Testacella thick thin transparent transverse rows trees umbilicus upper variety VERTIGO Vincent Brooks Vitrina woods wrinkled