L.M.B.C. MEMOIRS. 



No. X. PATELLA. 



Professor J. E. Ainswortii Davis, 



11. J. Flefre, B.Sc. 



Contents, 



PAGE 



Pbeface 1 



General Description 3 



External Characters G 



Body Wall, Muscular System, 



Mantle, etc 14 



Digestive Organs '20 



Nervous System, Sense Organs 3G 



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Circulatory Organs and Coelom 46 



Respiratory Organs 53 



Excretory Organs 56 



Reproductive Organs 58 



Development 60 



Conclusions 63 



Explanation of the Plates 69 



Preface. 



The chief objects of this Memoir are: — 



(1) To provide a reliable account of the anatomy of 

 Patella vulgata. 



(2) To treat the subject matter so as to show the place 

 among Gastropods which this type occupies. 



The work lias been carried out in the Zooloo-ical 

 Laboratory of the University College of Wales; and no 

 facts are included that we have been unable to personallv 



