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SHELLS AND MOLLUSKS. 



ELEMENTS OP CONCHOLOGY; an Introduction to the 



Natural History of Shells, and of the Animals which form them. By 

 Lovell Reeve, F.LS. Royal 8vo, 2 vols., 478 pp., 62 Coloured Plates, 

 £2.16*. . 



Intended as a guide to the collector of shells in arranging and naming his 

 specimens, while at the same time inducing him to study them with reference 

 to their once living existence, geographical distribution, and habits, Forty- 

 six of the plates are devoted to the illustration of the genera of shells, and 

 sixteen to shells with the living animal, all beautifully coloured by hand. 



THE LAND AND FRESHWATER MOLLUSKS indi- 

 genous to, or naturalized in, the British Isles. By Lovell Reeve, F.L.S. 

 Crown 8vo, 295 pp., Map, and 160 Wood-Engravings, 10*. &d. 

 A complete history of the British Land and Freshwater Shells, and of the 

 Animals which form them, illustrated by Wood-Engravings of all the Species. 

 Other features of the work are an Analytical Key, showing at a glance the na- 

 tural groups of families and genera, copious Tables and a Map illustrative of 

 geographical distribution and habits, and a chapter on the Distribution and 

 Origin of Species. 



CONCHOLOGIA ICONICA ; or, Figures and Descriptions 



of the Shells of Mollusks, with remarks on their Affinities, Synonymy, and 

 Geograph.cal Distribution. By Lovell Reeve, F.L.S. Demv 4to, pub- 

 lished monthly m Parts, 8 Plates, carefully coloured by hand, 10*. 



2000 Plir° Q r k ' C °m P I?'T? i!,ustrati °™ of ^ells of the natural size, nearly 

 nurcha, inl it Tt^ ! hed,but the P ,an of Plication admits of the collector 

 IZZ » f>, i! S ° ptl0n 1D portions ' each of whi <* is complete in itself. Each 



Knh»hrtiP.l n W*??' is issued se P a rately, with Title and Index ; and an 

 cur P ed of tb! i,° the PUbHsh , ed genera > with the Prices annexed, may be pro- 

 i?tSt of S„F I" ™r«° n , "PP llcation - The system of nomenclature adopted 

 name of ItTl ' ™° d ' fied . 1 ° meet the ™%™™* of later discoveries. With the 

 Latin iLvJfT"* ^ a SUmmar y of its fading specific characters in 

 W rli„! g ; th -" the authority for the name if quoted, accompanied 

 The h f r tS ° n ? ina . 1 de8cri Ption; and next in order are its Synonyms. 



hrlrTn If i h e spec.es ,s next given, accompanied, where possible, by par- 

 £ " } f /, ° r Ve S et \ tion - ^"ally, a few general remarks are offered, 

 wfti Iri • I ^ m ° 8t ° bvi0US distinguishing peculiarities of the species, 



Zf™ ! r ,Sm9 /, where "pessary, on the v.ews of other writers. At the com- 

 mencement of the genns some notice is taken of the animal, and the habitats 



out on ofT ge a nus W ° " P "* ' *"* ^^ ° f the WP* 1 * 1 distri- 



