The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . ine canal termi-nating in the c.\t)-emitj of the fleshy tube pre-viously mentioned. The eggs pass through this tube,and in their course are exposed to the influence ofthe seminal fluid. The Cirrhopodes are all considered them all as belonging to onegenus, which Bruguieres dinded into two, andthese have recently been much subdivided. The Anatifa, Brug.—Has a compressed cloak, open on one side, and sus-pended to a fleshy tube, varjing greatly as
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . ine canal termi-nating in the c.\t)-emitj of the fleshy tube pre-viously mentioned. The eggs pass through this tube,and in their course are exposed to the influence ofthe seminal fluid. The Cirrhopodes are all considered them all as belonging to onegenus, which Bruguieres dinded into two, andthese have recently been much subdivided. The Anatifa, Brug.—Has a compressed cloak, open on one side, and sus-pended to a fleshy tube, varjing greatly as to thenumber of testaceous pieces mth which it is animal has twelve pairs of cirri, six on each side ;those nearest the mouth are the shortest and branchis are elongated pyramidical appendages,that adhere to the external base of the whole of thecirri, or of part of them. In ibe commonest species {Pentalasmis, Leach) the twoprincipal valves have a considerable resemblance to those ofa Mussel; two others serve to complete a part of the marginof the shell opposite the beak ; and a fifth odd one unites the. Orbicula iiorvfgic 1 ol Blai c c 3S6 MOLLUSCA.
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