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The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 03 (of 10)
Sidney Frederic Harmer
From the garden snail to the deep-sea squid, the molluscs are a vast and ancient tribe. This third Cambridge volume traces their place in the animal kingdom and the origins of the land and freshwater kinds, group by group. Comprehensive and clear, it served as a standard reference for a century. Explore the shelled and soft-bodied world of the molluscs.
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80 chapters
- 1THE CAMBRIDGE NATURAL HISTORY
- 2PREFACE TO THE MOLLUSCA
- 3CONTENTS
- 4SCHEME OF THE CLASSIFICATION ADOPTED IN THIS BOOK
- 5LIST OF MAPS
- 6MOLLUSCS
- 7CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION—POSITION OF MOLLUSCA IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM—CLASSIFICATION—ORIGIN OF LAND AND FRESH-WATER MOLLUSCA
- 8Origin of the Fresh-water Fauna
- 9Origin of the Land Fauna
- 10CHAPTER II LAND AND FRESH-WATER MOLLUSCA, THEIR HABITS AND GENERAL ECONOMY
- 11CHAPTER III ENEMIES OF THE MOLLUSCA—MEANS OF DEFENCE—MIMICRY AND PROTECTIVE COLORATION—PARASITIC MOLLUSCA—COMMENSALISM—VARIATION
- 12Enemies of the Mollusca
- 13Means of Defence
- 14Mimicry and Protective Coloration.
- 15Parasitic Mollusca
- 16Commensalism
- 17Variation
- 18CHAPTER IV USES OF SHELLS FOR MONEY, ORNAMENT, AND FOOD—CULTIVATION OF THE OYSTER, MUSSEL, AND SNAIL—SNAILS AS MEDICINE—PRICES GIVEN FOR SHELLS
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