 | John Richards Philpots - Oyster culture - 1890 - 704 pages
...with arctic shells in the " postglacial " beds of Christiania. If the oyster is the king of molluscs, this has a just claim to the rank and title of prince....the fish-markets of the north of France it is called " grand' p61erine," "gofiche," or "palourde." In other parts of France they have the name of " Coquilles... | |
 | Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - Archaeology - 1913 - 1014 pages
...of the fish markets of Northern France. Jeffreys remarks of it : " If the oyster is the king of the mollusks, this has a just claim to the rank and title of prince." Coast between Brean and Berrow. Rare ! PECTEN PUSIO, Limit. An odd valve on the shore at the extremity... | |
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... fathoms. It is also not uncommon in all our upper tertiaries, both new and old. Its foreign range comprises all the sea-bed lying between Norway and the Canaries ; and, according to Sars, it occurs with arctic shells in the " postglacial " beds of... 