American Conchology, Or Descriptions, Vol. 1

Download or read book American Conchology, Or Descriptions, Vol. 1 written by Thomas Say and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Conchology, or Descriptions, Vol. 1: Of the Shells of North America, Illustrated by Coloured Figures From Original Drawings Executed From Nature Shell suborbicular, generally transverse, equivalve, in aequilateral, closed entirely: hinge with two strong, dis tinct, diverging teeth on one valve, and on the other two very unequal teeth and a lateral obsolete one: ligament exterior muscular impressions two and a minute one above the posterior impression, almost confluent with it impression of the mantle simply arquated, distinct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.