The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 03 (of 10)
A. H. (Alfred Hands) Cooke and F. R. C. (Frederick Richard Cowper) Reed
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1. THE CAMBRIDGE NATURAL HISTORY2. PREFACE TO THE MOLLUSCA3. SCHEME OF THE CLASSIFICATION ADOPTED IN THIS BOOK4. LIST OF MAPS5. MOLLUSCS6. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION—POSITION OF MOLLUSCA IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM—CLASSIFICATION—ORIGIN OF LAND AND FRESH-WATER MOLLUSCA7. CHAPTER II LAND AND FRESH-WATER MOLLUSCA, THEIR HABITS AND GENERAL ECONOMY8. CHAPTER III ENEMIES OF THE MOLLUSCA—MEANS OF DEFENCE—MIMICRY AND PROTECTIVE COLORATION—PARASITIC MOLLUSCA—COMMENSALISM—VARIATION9. CHAPTER IV USES OF SHELLS FOR MONEY, ORNAMENT, AND FOOD—CULTIVATION OF THE OYSTER, MUSSEL, AND SNAIL—SNAILS AS MEDICINE—PRICES GIVEN FOR SHELLS10. CHAPTER V REPRODUCTION—DEPOSITION OF EGGS—DEVELOPMENT OF THE FERTILISED OVUM—DIFFERENCES OF SEX—DIOECIOUS AND HERMAPHRODITE MOLLUSCA—DEVELOPMENT OF FRESH-WATER BIVALVES11. CHAPTER VI RESPIRATION AND CIRCULATION—THE MANTLE12. CHAPTER VII ORGANS OF SENSE: TOUCH, SIGHT, SMELL, HEARING—THE FOOT—THE NERVOUS SYSTEM13. CHAPTER VIII THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS, JAW, AND RADULA: EXCRETORY ORGANS14. CHAPTER IX THE SHELL, ITS FORM, COMPOSITION AND GROWTH—DESIGNATION OF ITS VARIOUS PARTS15. CHAPTER X GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF LAND AND FRESH-WATER MOLLUSCA—THE PALAEARCTIC, ORIENTAL, AND AUSTRALASIAN REGIONS16. CHAPTER X GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF LAND AND FRESH-WATER MOLLUSCA—THE PALAEARCTIC, ORIENTAL, AND AUSTRALASIAN REGIONS (continued 2)17. CHAPTER XI GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF LAND MOLLUSCA (continued)—THE ETHIOPIAN, NEARCTIC, AND NEOTROPICAL REGIONS18. CHAPTER XII DISTRIBUTION OF MARINE MOLLUSCA—DEEP-SEA MOLLUSCA AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS19. CHAPTER XIII CLASS CEPHALOPODA20. CHAPTER XIV CLASS GASTEROPODA—AMPHINEURA AND PROSOBRANCHIATA21. CHAPTER XV CLASS GASTEROPODA (continued): OPISTHOBRANCHIATA AND PULMONATA22. CHAPTER XVI CLASSES SCAPHOPODA AND PELECYPODA23. BRACHIOPODA24. CHAPTER XVII RECENT BRACHIOPODA25. BRACHIOPODA26. CHAPTER XVIII PALAEONTOLOGY OF THE BRACHIOPODA27. INDEX