Mollusca Of Somerset Land Freshwater Estuarine And Marine By Ew Swanton

Author : John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell
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ISBN 13 : 9781332304301
Total Pages : 158 pages
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Download or read book The Mollusca of Dorsetshire written by John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Mollusca of Dorsetshire: Marine, Estuarine, Freshwater, and Land and the Brachiopoda It is nearly 100 years ago since Dr. Pulteney published his Catalogue of "Shells found on the Dorsetshire Coast," since which date Malacology has naturally received considerable additions in this County. Among the earliest works on British Shells since Pulteney's time are Montagu's "Testacea Britannica," and Maton and Rackett's "Descriptive Catalogue of the British Testacea," published in the sixth volume of the "Transactions of the Linnean Society." After an interval of about 50 years, Professor E. Forbes and Mr. S. Hanley's "British Mollusca," in four volumes, in which was incorporated the Professor's work in conjunction with Mr. McAndrew on the coast of Weymouth and the neighbourhood, appeared. In 1870 I brought out a Catalogue of the "Mollusca of Dorset" in the Introduction of the third edition of Hutchins' "History of Dorset," which I have made the basis of this Volume. Through the help of the undermentioned friends I have been able to considerably enlarge the list as to localities, and also to add some few new species and genera. My grateful acknowledgments are due to Mr. E. R. Sykes, to whom I have dedicated this Volume. I owe a debt of gratitude also to Mr. Clement Reid, whose investigations on the superficial deposits of the County gave him opportunities of which, as an experienced malacologist, he has taken advantage, and enabled him to add new localities and confirm some of Pulteney's more dubious records. For instance, he rediscovered Helix (Theba) cantiana at Spettisbury, where Rackett found it in 1813; he also collected it at Winterbourne Stickland, the only other Dorset record. I am indebted to him also for directing me to some ancient hedgerows in search of Helix (Helicodonta) obvoluta, a rare shell found only in England, in Hampshire and two other counties. Although unsuccessful with respect to Helix (Helicodonta) obvoluta, I found an equally rare snail, Clausilia Rolphit, a valuable addition to the County list. The late Messrs. W. Thompson, J. H. Austen, W. Kendall, and R. Damon gave me valuable assistance, as also Dr. Turner, Mr. C. P. Cambridge, and Miss Colson. I may have omitted to mention some to whom thanks are also due, whose names are in the body of this Volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.