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CHAPTER II— LIFE OF THE SNAIL 



Habits, Life Histories and Ecology 



A Preliminary Investigation of the Importance of Desiccation, Temperature and 



Salinity as Factors Controlling the Vertical Distribution of Certain Intertidal 



Marine Gastropods in False Bay, South Africa. G. J. Broekhuysen. 1940. 



Trans. Royal Soc. South Africa, vol. 28, pt. 3, pp. 278-292, 2 pis. 

 Notes on the Louisiana Conch, Thais haemastoma in its Relation to the Oyster, 



Ostrea virginica. M. D. Burkenroad. 193 i. Ecology, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 656- 



664, 2 figs. 

 Observations on the Local Movements of Littorina littorea (L.) and Thais lapil- 



lus (L.). R. W. Dexter. The Nautilus, vol. 57, pp. 6-8. 

 The Mud Snail: Nassa obsoleta. A. C. Dimon. 1905, Cold Spring Harbor 



Monogr. j, pp. 1-48, 2 pis. (Habits and anatomy). 

 The Mechanism of Locomotion in Gastropod Molluscs. H. W. Lissmann. 1945. 



Joimi. Exper. Biol., vol. 21, pp. 58-69. Illus. 

 The Biology of Purpura lapillus. H. B. Moore, 1936-39. Pts. I, II, and III. 



Joiirn. Marine Biol. Assoc, vol. 21, pp. 61-89; '^ol. 23, pp. 57-74. 

 The Leaping of the Stromb (Strombus gigas Linn.). G. H. Parker. 1922. 



Joiirn. Exper. XooL, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 205-209, 2 figs. 

 Biology of Acmaea testudinalis Muller. M. A. Willcox. 1905. Anier. Nat., vol. 



39, no. 461, pp. 325-333. 



Groivth and Feeding 



Influence of Natural and Experimental Conditions in Determining Shape of Shell 



and Rate of Growth in Gastropods of the Genus Crepidula. W. R, Coe. 



1942. Joiirn. Morph., vol. 71, no. i, pp. 35-47. 

 A Statistical Test of the Species Concept in Littorina. J. Colman. 1932. Biol. 



Bidl., vol. 62, no. 3, pp. iiyi4f'^, 11 figs., 8 tables. 

 How Fulgar and Sycotypus Eat Oysters, Mussels and Clams (Busycon). H. S. 



CoLTON. 1908. Froc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1908, pp. 3-10, 5 pis. 

 Growth of the Oyster Drill, Urosalpinx cinerea. Feeding on Four Different Food 



Animals. J. B. Engle. 1942. Anatom. Records, vol. 84, p. 505ff. 

 Observations on Some of the Probable Factors Controllino- the Size of Certain 



Tide Pool Snails. R. R. Humphrey and R. W. Macey. 1930. Fiibl. Puget 



Sound Biol. Sta., vol. 7, pp. 205-208. 

 The Mode of Feeding of Crepidula ... J. H. Orton. 191 2. Joiirn. Mar. Biol. 



Assoc, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 444-478. Illus. 



Anatofjiy 



The Structure and Function of the Alimentary Canal of Some Tectibranch 

 A4olluscs with a Note on Excretion. Vera Fretter. 1939. Tra?is. Roval 

 Soc. Edinburgh, vol. 59, pt. 3, no. 22, pp. 599-646. Excellent figs.; also same 

 subject on Chitons vol. 59, p. ii9ff; on Limpets vol. 57, p. 287fT; on Aeolids 

 vol. 59, p. 267fT. 



