Archive image from page 718 of The cyclopædia of anatomy and. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology cyclopdiaofana01todd Year: 1836 foot again is vermiform when it is very slender and much elongated, as in the Loripes and Lima. When it is thus formed, it appears to us to be incapable of subserving motion. In a considerable number of species the foot is conical, as in the Cockle, (a, Jig- 357); and in this case it is generally folded into two nearly equal portions, so that by its means Fig. 357. the animal can leap pretty actively. It is secu- riform when its free edge is arched like the
Archive image from page 718 of The cyclopædia of anatomy and. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology cyclopdiaofana01todd Year: 1836 foot again is vermiform when it is very slender and much elongated, as in the Loripes and Lima. When it is thus formed, it appears to us to be incapable of subserving motion. In a considerable number of species the foot is conical, as in the Cockle, (a, Jig- 357); and in this case it is generally folded into two nearly equal portions, so that by its means Fig. 357. the animal can leap pretty actively. It is secu- riform when its free edge is arched like the cutting face of an axe, as in Petuncttlus, (a, Jig. 358). When it presents this form its edge Fig. 358.
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