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Excerpt from Conchologia Systematica, or Complete System of Conchology, Vol. 1 of 2: In Which the Lepades and Conchiferous Mollusca Are Described and Classified According to Their Natural Organization and Habits
It is not my intention to add to the controversy on the true definition of this science, nor to acknowledge any distinction between the study of Malacology and that of Conchology; I conceive the natural history of the animal to be inseparable from that of the shell, and have adopted the latter term as the original and most suitable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
