The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . Orbicula iiorvfgic 1 ol Blai c c 3S6 posterior margin to that of the opposite valve: these five pieces cover the whole of the cloak From the placewhere the ligament should be spriiis;s the fleshy peduncle. A strong adductor muscle unit s tl two\il\es n -wtheir beaks. The mouth of the animal lies concealed behind them, and the posteriorend of the body, with all its little articulated feet, comes out a litHe further do>%Tibetween the first four va
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . Orbicula iiorvfgic 1 ol Blai c c 3S6 posterior margin to that of the opposite valve: these five pieces cover the whole of the cloak From the placewhere the ligament should be spriiis;s the fleshy peduncle. A strong adductor muscle unit s tl two\il\es n -wtheir beaks. The mouth of the animal lies concealed behind them, and the posteriorend of the body, with all its little articulated feet, comes out a litHe further do>%Tibetween the first four valves. The widest spread species in our seas {Lepas anati/eraLinn.) has got its name from having given rise to a fable of its being the original orparent of the Barnacle-goose, They grow attached to rocks, piers, to the bottom ofships, &c. We may distinguish the PoUtcipeSy Leach, which, besides the five principal valves, has several small ones near the pedicle. In some species these valvesalmost equal the primary in size. There is often an odd one opposite the normal Iodd one. [Scatpellum, Leach, consists of thirteen valves, six on each side and onedorsal; and its peduncle i
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