Catalogue of Pulmonata or Air-Breathing Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Catalogue of Pulmonata or Air-Breathing Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum, Vol. 1The principal object of the present Catalogue is to give a complete List of the Free Air-Breathing Mollusca (Mollusca Pulmonata), with descriptions of all the genera and species known to exist, indicating at the same time, by a B.M. in the margin, those contained in the British Museum.The descriptions of the species of Shells belonging to these animals are by Dr. Louis Pfeiffer of Cassel, so well known for his attention to the Shells of Terrestrial Mollusca. The account of the animals and their arrangement has been brought up to the present state of the science.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.