10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAXICAVOUS»
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1
An Introduction to Conchology: Or, Elements of the Natural ...
The point has been much debated, and it seemed so hard to solve, that
Rondeletius saw nothing for it but to suppose that the sea-water, lodging in the
rocks, was itself transformed into Pholades and other saxicavous mollusca; and
other ...
2
Magazine of Natural History
I p The point has been much debated, and it seemed so hard to solve, that
Rondeletius saw nothing for it but to suppose that the sea water, lodging in the
rocks, was itself transformed into Pholades and other saxicavous Mollusca ; and
other ...
are soon riddled with long holes by the teredo ; while wooden piers, and the
bottoms of wooden ships, are often rapidly perforated. Saxicavous shells, by
piercing stone and leaving open cavities for rain and sea-water to fill, promote its
decay.
Sir Archibald Geikie, 1903
4
Corals and Coral Islands
They resemble, in fact, other saxicavous mollusks, several species of which are
found in the same seas, some buried in the solid masses of dead coral lying on
the reef, The bed they excavate for themselves is usually so complete . that only
an ...
5
Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science ...
Boring animals, like the saxicavous Mollusks, make holes often as large as the
finger, and sometimes larger, in limestone and other rocks, along some sea-
shores. Species of Saxicava, P/iolas, Petricola, Lithodomus, Gastrocktena, and
even ...
6
American Journal of Science
They resemble, in fact, other saxicavous molluscs, several species of which are
found in the same seas, some buried in the solid masses of dead coral lying on
the reef. The bed they excavate for themselves is usually so complete that only
an ...
7
A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes
... which are the work of some saxicavous worms. Ray tells us that this coral is “
dredged out of Falmouth Haven to manure their lands in Cornwall." Mr Thompson
informs me that it is dredged up in Bantry bay for the same purpose. According to
...
The solid surface of the inferior limestone has also been bored, so as to exhibit
cylindrical and pearshaped cavities, as at c, the work of saxicavous mollusca;
and many rents, as at I2, which descend several feet or yards into the limestone,
...
9
The American Journal of Science and Arts
... by saxicavous shells who bad there taken up their quarters. When the
silicifying influence (whatever n was) came on, the silica penetrated evenly all the
cavities and inequalities of the original, copying with surprising delicacy, all the
minute ...
10
The Aquarian Naturalist: A Manual for the Sea-side
So completely was this part of their history unintelligible to the earlier naturalists,
that Rondeletius was absolutely led to suppose, that the sea-water lodged in
cavities in the rocks was itself converted into Pholades and other saxicavous ...
