10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAZOR SHELL»
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1
Animal biography, or, Popular zoology
OF THE SOLEN or RAZOR-SHELL TRIBE*. These animals in general reside in
holes, which they form in the sand at the bottom of the ocean. Their position in
these holes is always upright. In situations where they are exposed to the air by
the ...
2
A history of the earth, and animated nature
Other bivalved shellfish, such as the cockle, the scallop, and the razor- shell,
have differences equally minute. The power of changing place, which some of
them effect in a manner quite peculiar to themselves, makes their greatest
difference.
3
The System of Natural History
The Pivot, or Razor-shell. The pivot, or razor-shell, has a very different kind of
motion. As the former moves laboriously and slowly forward, so the razor-shell
has only a power of sinking downward. The shells of this animal resemble
nothing so ...
Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon, 1800
Occurrence: of the genus Eocene-Recent; of the family, Upper Cretaceous-
Recent. In the subgenus Spisula the internal ligament is not separated from the
external ligament. Solen (syn. Vagina; grooved razor shell) (Fig. 86, 3):
Cylindrical shell ...
5
The Cultural Dynamics of
Shell-Matrix Sites
... ensis Common cockle Lagoon cockle Queen scallop n/a Common razor shell
Ensis siliqua/Ensis arcuatus Epitonium clathrus Gibbula cineraria Gibbula
umbilicalis Haliotis tuberculata Pod razor shell/Curved razor shell Common
wentletrap ...
Mirjana Roksandic, Sheila Mendonça de Souza, Sabine Eggers, 2014
6
A Guide to Ilfracombe and the neighbouring towns ... New edition
Pod Razor-shell -— Santon Sands. siliqua. Sands. pellucidus.—~Transparent
Razor-shell. fragilis. —- Brittle Razor-shell— SantanSands. Strombus Pes
Pelecani.-—Pelecan's foot. Tellina ruhra.--Red Tellen. Ferroensis.-—Garnation
Tellen.
7
West Coast Shells: A Description in Familiar Terms of ...
Solen sicarius Gould, the Blunt Razor-shell, shown in Figure 89, is short, slightly
curved, and truncated in front as if it had been chopped square off. The white
shell is covered with a glossy yellowish periostracum. This species ranges from ...
Josiah Keep, Joshua Longstreth Baily, 1947
8
A guide to Ilfracombe, and the neighbouring towns
Ilfracombe. Patella Lacustris. — River Limpet — fresh water. Pinna ingens. —
Great Nacre — one found on Woollacombe sands — very rare. Solen Legumen.
— Pod Razor-shell— Santon sands, siliqua. — Pod Razor-shell — Santon sands.
9
The picture of Plymouth
Solen Legumen. — Pod Razor-shell — Santon Sands. siliqua. Pod Razor-shell
Santon Sands. pellucidus. — Transparent Razor-shell. fragilis. — Brittle Razor-
shell — Santon Sands. Strombus Pes Pelecani. — Pelecan's foot. Tellina rubra,
— ...
10
Surveys of nature; historical, moral and entertaining
Other bivalved shell-fish, the cockle, the scallop, and the razor-shell, have other
small differences in form or manners ; but their power of changing place is their
greatest difference. The SCALLOP is remarkable for its method of moving on land
, ...
