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would certainly have remained so, had no comparative anato- 
mists discovered and corrected the errors of that immortal 
naturalist. 
In the following pages it is my intention to make use of such 
terms, when describing the species of shells, as indicate the 
parts which relate to the animal when alive ; without using that 
absurd nomenclature used by the older naturalists, which is 
totally rejected by all those who are not absolutely blinded by 
their zeal for maintaining the Linnzan school. 
It is to the immortal Poli, that we are indebted for the 
minute and accurate discoveries which have been made in the 
anatomical structure and economy of this class. 
