. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. Fig. 466. — Mellita. Southeast coast of United States. number of curious little organs called pcdicil- larice. They look like a stem ending in a knob, but the knob is com- posed of three pieces or blades, which open and shut tightly, thus form- ing a sort of pincers. These organs are of use in keeping the shell clean. The number of kinds. Rotula. Coast of Africa. Fig. 467. of Sea Urchins is quite large, and they vary in size from an inch to three or four inches in diameter, and have spines from a quarter of an inch long to three or four inches in length.
. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. Fig. 466. — Mellita. Southeast coast of United States. number of curious little organs called pcdicil- larice. They look like a stem ending in a knob, but the knob is com- posed of three pieces or blades, which open and shut tightly, thus form- ing a sort of pincers. These organs are of use in keeping the shell clean. The number of kinds. Rotula. Coast of Africa. Fig. 467. of Sea Urchins is quite large, and they vary in size from an inch to three or four inches in diameter, and have spines from a quarter of an inch long to three or four inches in length. Some of them are capable of making holes in hard substances, even in limestone and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy Gove, 1836-. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book Co
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