American Marine Conchology, Or Descriptions of the Shells of the Atlantic Coast of the United States, From Maine to Florida (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book American Marine Conchology, Or Descriptions of the Shells of the Atlantic Coast of the United States, From Maine to Florida (Classic Reprint) written by George W. Tryon Jr. and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Marine Conchology, or Descriptions of the Shells of the Atlantic Coast of the United States, From Maine to Florida Order octopoda. - Body naked; head separate, with eight eshy arms, furnished with sessile cups or suckers, without any horny rings; eyes fixed in the skin. Siphuncle entire; gills two. NO internal or external shell. Order decapoda. - Body naked; head separate, with ten eshy arms, two Of them longer, furnished with pedunculated cups or suckers, with horny rings; eyes free in their orbits. Siphuncle entire; gills two. Having an internal shell or pen. 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."