Mrs. Loudon's Entertaining Naturalist Being popular descriptions, tales, and anecdotes of more than Five Hundred Animals.

BOOK V.

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MOLLUSCOUS ANIMALS.

SECTION I.--BIVALVES, OR THOSE HAVING TWO SHELLS.

PEARL OYSTER Mytilus Margaritiferus Avicula margaritifera.--_Lam._ 525

OYSTER Ostrea edulis 526

COCKLE Cardium edule Cardium fimbria 527

PHOLAS Pholas dactylus 528

MUSSEL Mytilus edulis 530

SECTION II.--UNIVALVES.

ADMIRAL Conus ammiralis 530

TIGER COWRY Cypræa Tigris 531

WHELK Buccinum undatum 531

SNIPE SHELL Murex haustellus 532

PERIWINKLE Littorina littorea 532

LIMPET Patella vulgata 532

SNAIL Helix aspersa 533

CUTTLEFISH Sepia officinalis 535

POULPE Sepia octopodia Octopus vulgaris.--_Lam._ 537

ARGONAUT Argonauta argo 537

NAUTILUS Nautilus Pompilius 538