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QASTROPODA. 



FAMILY III. TRITONIAD.E. 



Gills simple or arborescent, arranged along the 

 sides of the back ; tentacles retractile into sheaths ; 

 tongue with one central, and numerous lateral 

 teeth in each row. 



Tritonia (Cuv.). Body lengthened, thick ; ten- 

 tacles two, branching; head with a warted or 

 fringed veil ; gills branching in a single row, on a 

 ridge on each side. 



T. Hombergi. T. alba, 



lineata. Fig. 138 ; f . plebeia. 



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Scyllcea (Linn.). Body compressed; foot long, 

 narrow, grooved ; back with two pairs of lateral, 

 wing-like lobes, bearing small tufted gills on their 

 inner surfaces ; tentacles two, with fringed tips ; 

 oceanic. 



S. pelagica. Fig. 139 ; f. 



Dendronotus (Alder and Hancock). Tentacles 

 fringed with membranous expansions (lamince) ; 



