Elements of conchology Prepared Elements of conchology / Prepared for the use of schools and colleges elementsofconcho00rusc Year: 1844 28 ARGONAUTS. Fig. 12. ARGONAUT. 19. The Argonauts—Argonauta ()—are cephalopods very closely allied to the poulpe, but the pair of feet which is nearest the back is dilated at the extremity into a broad mem- brane, and the body is always lodged in a very delicate and ex- tremely beautiful shell, vulgarly called the paper nautilus. It is not certainly known, however, whether this shell really belongs to the animal that inhabits it, or whether it is d
Elements of conchology Prepared Elements of conchology / Prepared for the use of schools and colleges elementsofconcho00rusc Year: 1844 28 ARGONAUTS. Fig. 12. ARGONAUT. 19. The Argonauts—Argonauta ()—are cephalopods very closely allied to the poulpe, but the pair of feet which is nearest the back is dilated at the extremity into a broad mem- brane, and the body is always lodged in a very delicate and ex- tremely beautiful shell, vulgarly called the paper nautilus. It is not certainly known, however, whether this shell really belongs to the animal that inhabits it, or whether it is derived from some other mollusk. Be this as it may, the cephalopod does not ad- here to it, but uses it as a boat to float on the surface of the water 19 What are the general characters of the argonaut ?
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