. Handbook of zoology with examples from Canadian species, recent and fossil [microform]. Zoology; Invertebrates; Zoologie; Invertébrés. r liS I'KOVINtK Ouni K 1. I'l I'.HOI'ODA. ' On the coMst of I,;il)ia(l()r tlic tow lu-t soinctiiiKs sc- ' cuivs great mimhcrs of the little creature represented in 1 I'ig. \'ii\ {Ciionc/ifH(ui/iii, IMiipps, C. borca/is (){ \\n\^\i:\x).. Fii;'. I7i>, CutiNK i,i\iA(iN\. It is about an indi in leni;tli, senii-transparenl, and of a roseate luie ; moving tlirough the water by tlie llapi)ing of its anii)le fnis, and preying on minute crustaceans and ot
. Handbook of zoology with examples from Canadian species, recent and fossil [microform]. Zoology; Invertebrates; Zoologie; Invertébrés. r liS I'KOVINtK Ouni K 1. I'l I'.HOI'ODA. ' On the coMst of I,;il)ia(l()r tlic tow lu-t soinctiiiKs sc- ' cuivs great mimhcrs of the little creature represented in 1 I'ig. \'ii\ {Ciionc/ifH(ui/iii, IMiipps, C. borca/is (){ \\n\^\i:\x).. Fii;'. I7i>, CutiNK i,i\iA(iN\. It is about an indi in leni;tli, senii-transparenl, and of a roseate luie ; moving tlirough the water by tlie llapi)ing of its anii)le fnis, and preying on minute crustaceans and other creatures l)y means of a formidable apparatus of suckers and shear-like jaws in front of its head. This little creatm-e is so abundant in some parts of the (Ireen- land seas that it is said to form a (H)nsideral)Ie part of the food of the great whalebone whales. Another still more beautit"ul I'teropod has been procured by Mr. Packard on the same coasts. It is the Liniaciiui Iiclicimu a little creature contained in a small snail-like si)iral shell of almost inconceivable thinness, and extending from the front of its body two delicate and beautiful fins, which may almost be compared to the wings of an insect, with which it moves gaily through the water. These are the only Pteropods of which I have seen specimens from Canadian waters. The genus Conularia of our Carbon- iferous and Silurian limestones, and the genera T/ura, ^. 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 Dawson, J. W. (John William), Sir, 1820-1899. Montreal : Dawson
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