Encyclopaedia of Mollusca (Physiology of Molluscs)
Members of the phylum Mollusca are among the most conspicuous invertebrates and include such familiar forms as clams, oysters, squids, octopods and snails. During the last 18th and 19th centuries, when natural history occupied the time of many well to do gentlemen, shell collections were as popular as today. Such collections, often containing species gathered from various parts of the world, have ...
Members of the phylum Mollusca are among the most conspicuous invertebrates and include such familiar forms as clams, oysters, squids, octopods and snails. During the last 18th and 19th centuries, when natural history occupied the time of many well to do gentlemen, shell collections were as popular as today. Such collections, often containing species gathered from various parts of the world, have ...
