10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VENUS SHELL»
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Vivarium naturæ or the naturalist's miscellany. ...
OCCIDENTAL. VENUS-SHELL. <"**! iti i% iti iti itr 'f r 1T1 iti rfi ilr iti iti it si A iti .*. .*.
.*- .*. .*. .*. .+. * -*- Generic Character. Animal resembling a Tethys. Shell bivalve;
Valves similar, flattened on one side and furnished with a duplicature.
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Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection
OCCIDENTAL. VENUS-SHELL. Generic Character. Animal refembling a Tethy s .
Shell bivalve; Valves fimilar, flattened on one fide and furnifhed with a duplicature
. Hinge confifting of three teeth, approximated, the outer ones diverging.
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The Parochial History and Antiquities of Stockton-upon-Tees: ...
12. Venus spinifera. Spiny Venus Shell. Mr. W. C. Trevelijan. 13. V. casina.
Casina Venus Shell. Mr. W. C. Trevelyan. 14. V. Scotica. Scotch Venus Shell. Mr.
Winch. 15. V. triangularis. Triangular Venus Shell. Mr. W. C. Trevelijan. 16. V.
exolejta.
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The Littoral Fauna of the British Isles: A Handbook for ...
F. and H. 1853, 1, 428 (Artemis); J. 1863, H, 327 {Venus). Shell yellowish white
with rays or blotches of red, purple or pink; inside polished and spotted,
sometimes tinged purple. Foot very large and white with vertical bands of brilliant
opaque ...
Nellie Barbara Eales, 1967
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Discovering the Geology of Baja California: Six Hikes on the ...
See also Venus shell Chione gnidia, 101. See also Venus shell Chione tumens,
50. See also Venus shell chocolate shell (Megapitaria squalida), 101, 102, 131-
33 cholla cactus (Opuntia sp.), 125 chubasco. See hurricane, tropical Clypeaster
...
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Class V: crustacea. VI: vermes
GENUS XI. VENUS. VENUS-SHELL. ANIMAL, a Tethys. HINGE with three teeth
near to each other; one placed longitudinally, and bent outwards. "' Fore-part
spiny. Lin. Tr. viii. 78. Mont. Test. Br. 577. id. 1. SPINF Sup. 1. 17.f. I. re“. ' V. with a
...
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Architecture and Pilgrimage, 1000-1500: Southern Europe and ...
In ancient art the Venus shell was the prototype, but the scallop appeared in
various forms, concave and convex, fan up and fan down.82 The natural Pilgrim's
scallop was normally a more standardized convex shell hung downward;
however, ...
Paul Davies, Deborah Howard, Wendy Pullan, 2013
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Musaeum Regalis Societatis Or a Catalogue & Description of ...
The NAVLED VENUS-SHELL. 'Tis also somewhat high-back'd, and with each Lip
furrow'd. On the thicker end , it' hath some resemblance of a little anban or Na'ole.
. ' The LONG-VENUS-SHELL. Of this sort here is one stained with white spots ...
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Musaeum Regalis Societatis. Or a Catalogue and Description ...
The NAVLED VENUS-SHELL. 'Tis also somewhat ' high-back'd, and with each
Lip furrow'd. 'On the thicker end , it hath some resemblance of a little Turban or
Nat/le. . The LONG-VENUS-SHELL. Of this sort here is one stained with white
spots ...
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Museum regalis societatis or a Catalogue et description of ...
The NAVLED VENUS-SHELL. Tis also fomewhac high-back'd, and with each Lip
furrow'd. On the thicker end , it hath some resemblance of a little Turban or Navle.
The LONG-VENUS-SHELL. Of this fort here is one stained with white spots ...
