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Excerpt from Conchologia Systematica, or Complete System of Conchology, Vol. 2 of 2: In Which the Lepades and Conchiferous Mollusca Are Described and Classified According to Their Natural Organization and Habits
Animal antico capitatum; capite plus minusve prominulo, coulis ten taculisque saepissime instructo; ore nudo, exsertili, saepius partibus duris armato; pallio amplo, vario, plerumque libero, testam pro creante. Branchiae varias, raro symmetricae, vel per aerem vel per aquam respirantes. Circulatio duplex corde uniloculari, auriculis duabus, vald' remotis, interdum diviso. 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.