. The conchology of Nottingham; or, A popular history of the recent land and fresh water Mollusca found in the neighborhood;. Mollusks. 138 Notwithstanding the delicacy of the shell, it is pro- cured fossil. Found in streams, ditches, lakes, risers, and moun- tain tarns. Some of the species are amphibious. A curious property of walking which the house fly [Musca domestica] possesses is very remarkable, yet so familiar are we with the fact that we do not give our attention sufficiently to it; I mean that it not only walks in the ordinary manner, as on a table, but walks as easily head downwards
. The conchology of Nottingham; or, A popular history of the recent land and fresh water Mollusca found in the neighborhood;. Mollusks. 138 Notwithstanding the delicacy of the shell, it is pro- cured fossil. Found in streams, ditches, lakes, risers, and moun- tain tarns. Some of the species are amphibious. A curious property of walking which the house fly [Musca domestica] possesses is very remarkable, yet so familiar are we with the fact that we do not give our attention sufficiently to it; I mean that it not only walks in the ordinary manner, as on a table, but walks as easily head downwards on the ceiling of a room. A similar property belongs to this family of molluscs, for it as easily crawls upside down on the surface of the water, basking in the sun, as it moves in the ordinary manner on the surface of the mud. The eggs are deposited in a glutinous mass, and are attached to stones, or submerged leaves and stems of aquatic plants. LiMNiEus AURicuLARius [The Widc-moutbed Mud Shell]. LinncBus. Figure 102 More closely allied to Limnjeus pereger than to any other species, nevertheless it is easily distinguished from that shell. It is much broader than L. 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 Lowe, E. J. (Edward Joseph), 1825-1900. London, C. A. Bartlett; [etc. , etc. ]
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