The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 03 (of 10)Cooke, A. H. (Alfred Hands)
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The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 03 (of 10)
Cooke, A. H. (Alfred Hands)
Animals
_Achatinellidae_: Two types occur; (_a_) teeth in very oblique rows,
central, laterals, and marginals all of the same type, base narrow,
head rather broad, with numerous small denticles (_Achatinella_ proper,
with _Auriculella_ and _Tornatellina_, Fig. 140, E); (_b_) central
tooth small and narrow, laterals bicuspid, marginals as in _Helix_
(_Amastra_ and _Carelia_).
[Illustration: FIG. 140.--Portions of the radula of =A=,
_Hyalinia nitidula_ Drap., Yorkshire, with central tooth, first
lateral, and a marginal very highly magnified; =B=, _Helix
pomatia_ L., Kent, showing central tooth, laterals, and one
extreme marginal, the two former also highly magnified; =C=,
_Orthalicus undatus_ Brug., Trinidad, with three laterals highly
magnified; =D=, _Cylindrella rosea_ Pfr., Jamaica, central tooth
and laterals, the same very highly magnified; =E=, _Achatinella
vulpina_ Fér., Oahu, central tooth (_c_) and laterals, the same
highly magnified.]
_Succineidae_: Central and laterals helicidan, bi- or tricuspid on a
quadrate plate, marginals denticulate on a narrow base; jaw with an
accessory oblong plate.
_Janellidae_: Central tooth very small, laterals and marginals like
_Achatinellidae_ (_a_).
_Vaginulidae_: Central, laterals, and marginals unicuspid throughout,
on same plan.
_Onchidiidae_: Rows oblique at the centre, straight near the edges;
central strong, tricuspid; laterals and marginals very long, falciform,
arched, unicuspid.
_Auriculidae_: Teeth very small; central narrow, tricuspid on rather a
broad base; laterals and marginals obscurely tricuspid on a base like
_Succinea_.
_Limnaeidae_: Jaw composed of one upper and two lateral pieces; central
and lateral teeth resembling those of Helicidae; marginals much
pectinated and serriform (Fig. 141, A). In _Ancylus_ proper the teeth
are of a very different type, base narrow, head rather blunt, with
no sharp cusps, teeth similar throughout, except that the marginals
become somewhat pectinated (Fig. 141, B); another type more resembles
_Limnaea_.
[Illustration: FIG. 141.--Portions of the radula of =A=, _Limnaea
stagnalis_ L., with the central tooth and two first laterals,
and two of the marginals, very highly, magnified; =B=, _Ancylus
fluviatilis_ Müll., with two of the marginals very highly
magnified; =C=, _Physa fontinalis_ L., with central tooth and two
of the marginals very highly magnified.]
_Physidae_: Jaw simple, but with a fibrous growth at its upper edge,
which may represent an accessory plate; radula with very oblique
rows, central tooth denticulate, laterals and marginals serriform,
comb-like, with a wing-like appendage at the superior outer edge (Fig.
141, C).
_Chilinidae_: Central tooth small, cusped on an excavated triangular
base, marginals five-cusped, with a projection as in _Physa_, laterals
comb-like, serrations not deep.
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