Excerpt from The Natural History, Organization and Late Development of the Teredinidae: Dissertation The object of my study of the ship-worms has been two fold. In the first place, I have endeavored, by the use of modern methods, to give a detailed account of the organization of this highly specialized Lamellibranch and to correct the errors that have heretofore existed in the descriptions of it. In the second pl ace, by the study of young stages, I have been able to trace the transformation of the typical Lamellibranch ...
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Excerpt from The Natural History, Organization and Late Development of the Teredinidae: Dissertation The object of my study of the ship-worms has been two fold. In the first place, I have endeavored, by the use of modern methods, to give a detailed account of the organization of this highly specialized Lamellibranch and to correct the errors that have heretofore existed in the descriptions of it. In the second pl ace, by the study of young stages, I have been able to trace the transformation of the typical Lamellibranch larva into the highly specialized ship-worm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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