A Manual of the Mollusca

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Excerpt from A Manual of the Mollusca: A Treatise on Recent and Fossil Shells Late, and Fossil Min, and Geol, Assistant, British Museum, With Numerous IllustrationsThe plan and title were taken from the Manuel des Mollusques of M. Sander Rang, incomparably the best work of its kind - for an acquaintance with which the author was indebted to his friend and master william lonsdale the founder of the Devonian System in Geology.On the subject of classification and nomenclature the Author followed the advice and example of his former colleague in the Geological Society, the late Prof. Edward forbes, without whose approval he seldom added to, or deviated from, the practice and plan of the History of British Mollusca.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.