A guide to the shell and starfish galleries : $b (Mollusca, Polyzoa, Brachiopoda, Tunicata, Echinoderma, and Worms)British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology
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A guide to the shell and starfish galleries : $b (Mollusca, Polyzoa, Brachiopoda, Tunicata, Echinoderma, and Worms)
British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology
Echinodermata; Mollusks; Worms
E. RAY LANKESTER.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
THE SHELL GALLERY.
GENERAL NOTES ON MOLLUSCA 1
SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT 7
AMPHINEURA (Chitons, etc.) 7
GASTROPODA (Marine Univalves, Land-Snails, etc.) 9
LAMELLIBRANCHIA (Bivalves, Oysters, Cockles, etc.) 29
CEPHALOPODA (Octopus, Cuttlefish, etc.) 45
INDEX TO PRINCIPAL GENERA OF MOLLUSCA 51
GENERAL NOTES ON POLYZOA 54
│CLASSIFICATION 57
AN ACCOUNT OF THE BRACHIOPODA 74
│CLASSIFICATION 77
AN ACCOUNT OF THE TUNICATA 83
│ARRANGEMENT 90
THE STARFISH GALLERY.
GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE ECHINODERMA 106
CRINOIDEA (Lily Stars, etc.) 112
ASTEROIDEA (Starfishes) 113
OPHIUROIDEA (Brittle-Stars) 114
ECHINOIDEA (Sea-Urchins) 114
HOLOTHURIOIDEA (Sea-Cucumbers) 115
──────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
VERMES│PLATYHELMINTHES (Tapeworms, etc.) 116
„ │NEMATODES (Round-worms, etc.) 118
„ │ANNULATA (Marine Worms, Earthworms, Leeches) 122
THE SHELL GALLERY.
GENERAL NOTES ON MOLLUSCA.
The Mollusca constitute one of the principal divisions of the Animal
Kingdom, and include such animals as the Octopus, Cuttlefish, Snail,
Slug, Whelk, Cockle, and Oyster.
[Sidenote: Definition.]
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