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Indian Deep-Sea Mollusca. 1902. Turritellidae; Turridae; Shells; Xenophora; Pleurotoma.

Image de Xenophoroidea Troschel 1852

Description :

Indian Deep-Sea Mollusca. A specimen of Xenophora pallidula, from the Andaman Sea, 185 fathoms.... Among the dead shells used as a fortification are--(a) Pleurotoma congener, (b) Pleurotoma travancorica, (c) Pleurotoma carinata, and (d) Drillia captiva. The dead shells utilised as biulding-material are not stuck on indiscriminately, but are arranged along the edge of each whorl

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Freshwater and Marine Image Bank, University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections
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Freshwater and Marine Image Bank