The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . * M.dc Blainville has changed the name Onchiilium into Peronia,anii transfers the first to the Vaginulus. He places Perouiaamongst his Cyclfjbraiichia; but I cannot perceive any real differencebetween their respiratory organ and that of the other Pulmonea. [Asthis genus is not the Onchidium nf Buchanan, as Cuvier supposed,M. tie Kerussac proposes to name it Onchis.^ t Sowerby maiutains that the shell in Planorbis is always reversed,or sittislral.—Ed. t When t

The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . * M.dc Blainville has changed the name Onchiilium into Peronia,anii transfers the first to the Vaginulus. He places Perouiaamongst his Cyclfjbraiichia; but I cannot perceive any real differencebetween their respiratory organ and that of the other Pulmonea. [Asthis genus is not the Onchidium nf Buchanan, as Cuvier supposed,M. tie Kerussac proposes to name it Onchis.^ t Sowerby maiutains that the shell in Planorbis is always reversed,or sittislral.—Ed. t When t Stock Photo

RMID:2AJB2J8

Image details

Contributor:

The Reading Room / Alamy Stock Photo

Image ID:

2AJB2J8

File size:

7.2 MB (225.6 KB Compressed download)

Releases:

Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?

Dimensions:

1189 x 2103 px | 20.1 x 35.6 cm | 7.9 x 14 inches | 150dpi

More information:

This image is a public domain image, which means either that copyright has expired in the image or the copyright holder has waived their copyright. Alamy charges you a fee for access to the high resolution copy of the image.

This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.

The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . * M.dc Blainville has changed the name Onchiilium into Peronia, anii transfers the first to the Vaginulus. He places Perouiaamongst his Cyclfjbraiichia; but I cannot perceive any real differencebetween their respiratory organ and that of the other Pulmonea. [Asthis genus is not the Onchidium nf Buchanan, as Cuvier supposed, M. tie Kerussac proposes to name it Onchis.^ t Sowerby maiutains that the shell in Planorbis is always reversed, or sittislral.—Ed. t When the shell is oval-globose, and the cloak sufficiently ampleto cover it, in an expanded state, the genus is the Awphipeplen ofNilson ; [and when the shell is turreted, and the cloak entire, thegenus is named y^ptexa by Fleming.—Ed.J GASTEROPODA NUDIBRANCHIATA. 351

Search stock photos by tags

bookcentury1800 bookdecade1840 booksubjecta booksubjectzoology

Similar stock images

RMKA82EG–The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization (5567584423)

RM2JNCR5B–The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization (5567584423)

RM2AJDDRP–The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy .

RMPFMT6T–. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. PEDICELLATA. 639 matter. The Thethyœ and Sponges have been joined to this class, though their animals have not yet been observed. 5. Infusoria [Animalculae], the most minute members of the Animal Kingdom, and for the most part microscopic. Some have a very complicated organization, and some appear to be mere particles of animated jelly. [They exist in countless myriads, principally in stagnant water, and some are so tenacious of life, that, after having been for some time dried to powder, they revive again when moiste

RMW23CKX–Archive image from page 154 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 RUMINANTIA. 143 of Guinea, which have also long tails, are distlngiiished by their long legs, very convex forehead, pendent ears, want of horns, and short coarse hair instead of wool. The Sheep of Northern Europe and Asia are mostly of small size, with a very short tail, [the truth being, that this appendage is merely cut short by the shepherds soon after birth]. Those of Persia, Tartary, and China, have the tail completely trans

RM2AWF30N–The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy .

RMPFMT9M–. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. 578 INSECTA.. pit-fall, by crawling backwards in a spiral direction and throwing- out the sand with its head, and at the bottom of which it stations itself, leaving only its jaws exposed, its body being buried in the sand, and thus waiting patiently until an insect falls to the bottom of the pit, when it is instantly seized by the jaws and sucked to death ; if it endeavours to escape, the Ant Lion showers sand after it, which rarely fails to bring it to the bottom of the pit. The nutritive fluid thus obtained is never

RMW9GW2J–Archive image from page 362 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 ( From the observations of Van Hasselt it seems that we must here arrange The Scarabes, Montf. The shell is oval, and the aperture contracted by large teeth projecting from both the columellar side as well as the outer lip : tliis lip is swollen, and as the animal re-makes it after every half-whorl, the shell is most protuberant on two opposite lines, and has a flattened aspect. The animals live on aquatic plants in the Intlian Ar

RM2AJ810A–The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy .

RMPFX75T–. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. From the observations of Van Hasselt it seems that we must here arrange The Scarabes, Montf. The shell is oval, and the aperture contracted by large teeth projecting from both the columellar side as well as the outer lip : tliis lip is swollen, and as the animal re-makes it after every half-whorl, the shell is most protuberant on two opposite lines, and has a flattened aspect. The animals live on aquatic plants in the Intlian Archipelago. The two genera which follow were misarranged among the Volutes. AuRiccLA, Lam.,—

RMW1TE99–Archive image from page 477 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 466 ARACHNIDA. mined. Each of the four following segments has a pair of pulmonary sacs and spiracles. Immediately after the sixth segment, the abdomen is suddenly narrowed, the six terminal knotted joints forming the tail. The tarsi are alike, and 3-jointed, with two terminal ungues. The two nervous cords running from the brain are united at in- terals, forming seven ganglions, of which the terminal ones belong to the tail. For f

RM2AJANKT–The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy .

RMPFY3T2–. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. RUMINANTIA. 143 of Guinea, which have also long^ tails, are distlngiiished by their long legs, very convex forehead, pendent ears, want of horns, and short coarse hair instead of wool. The Sheep of Northern Europe and Asia are mostly of small size, with a very short tail, [the truth being, that this appendage is merely cut short by the shepherds soon after birth]. Those of Persia, Tartary, and China, have the tail completely transformed into a double globe of fat. The Syrian and Barbary Sheep retain long tails, which