The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . riated appendage or varix, without an umbilicus, and without a groove round the spire. The animal, in such si)ecies as it has been observed in, is similar to that of Oliva, and has the foot even more developed. The same naturalist unites those which are ribbed in the direction of the whorls, under the generic name of Dolinm: the lower whorl is very large and ventricose. Montfort again subdivides Doliura into the Dolinm proper, where the base of the columella
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . riated appendage or varix, without an umbilicus, and without a groove round the spire. The animal, in such si)ecies as it has been observed in, is similar to that of Oliva, and has the foot even more developed. The same naturalist unites those which are ribbed in the direction of the whorls, under the generic name of Dolinm: the lower whorl is very large and ventricose. Montfort again subdivides Doliura into the Dolinm proper, where the base of the columella is as it were twisted; and into , where it is sharp. Their animal has a very large foot, dilated in front; a proboscis longer than its shell; slender tentacula; eyes at their exterior side near the base; the head without a veil, and the foot without an operculum. Uarpa is easily recognized by the prominent ribs which cross the whorls, and of ,, 1,0 —.^nciiiinju. which the last forms a rim to the margin of the aperture. The shells are beautiful. The animal has a very large • Forms the family Eiitomotlumu of
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