The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . racted partially under tlie diskof the cloak. The orifice of the generative organs is under the right superior tentaculuni. In the mouthis an upper jaw only, of a crescent form, and toothed, which enables them to devour with voracity herbsand fruits, to which they are very destructive. Their stomach is elongated, simple, and mendjranous. M. de Ferussac distin^Qislies the Arions by therespiratory orilice being towards the anterior part ofthe sliield, in wliich
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . racted partially under tlie diskof the cloak. The orifice of the generative organs is under the right superior tentaculuni. In the mouthis an upper jaw only, of a crescent form, and toothed, which enables them to devour with voracity herbsand fruits, to which they are very destructive. Their stomach is elongated, simple, and mendjranous. M. de Ferussac distin^Qislies the Arions by therespiratory orilice being towards the anterior part ofthe sliield, in wliich there areonly calcareous : rufus, Linn., is an which we meetwith every step in moist seasons, and which is some-times almost wholly black. It is tbespecies of whicha broth is used in diseases of the chest. The Limaxproper, has the oritice near the hinder part of theHe. 15; —Lioiai shield, and it contains a more distinctly formed shell Such are the Limax maximua and L, agrestrii of Linn. of Blainville. [In consequence of some ob- 1 ^et] by Lnmnrck, English authors often cnll tbia order Iht. 318 MOLLUSCA.
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