As our present business, however, is with the shells, and not with the animals, we shall chiefly confine our remarks to the The Elements of Modern Conchology - Page 3 de William Swainson - 1835 - 62 pages Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
...of the animal [that is, the structure of the animal itself], and upon the shell which covers it. ... As our present business, however, is with the shells,...animals, we shall chiefly confine our remarks to the latter." The scope of Mr. Swainson's work is, accordingly, mainly on the shell part of conchology....