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Excerpt from Journal de Conchyliologie, 1884, Vol. 32: Comprenant l'tude des Mollusques Vivants Et Fossiles
Petit de la Saussaye a donc essay' de r'former l'as semblage h't'rog'ne des formes comprises par Lamarck dans le genre Pyrula Il a fait observer que l'on pou vait d'abord retirer des Pyrula un certain nombre de co quilles manifestement voisines des Purpura; puis, que les autres types conchyliologiques se r'duisaient 5 1 Pyrula, dont le type devient pour lui le Pyrula canali culata; 2 Melongena, type: P. Melongena; 5 Ficus, type: P. flous; lr Nov. Genus, type P. Papyracea 5 Nov. Genus, type: P. Lineata. 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.
