The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 03 (of 10)BRACHIOPODAReading editionChapter navigation27 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE CAMBRIDGE NATURAL HISTORYPREFACE TO THE MOLLUSCASCHEME OF THE CLASSIFICATION ADOPTED IN THIS BOOKLIST OF MAPSMOLLUSCSChapter I · INTRODUCTION—POSITION OF MOLLUSCA IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM—CLASSIFICATION—ORIGIN OF LAND AND FRESH-WATER MOLLUSCAChapter II · LAND AND FRESH-WATER MOLLUSCA, THEIR HABITS AND GENERAL ECONOMYChapter III · ENEMIES OF THE MOLLUSCA—MEANS OF DEFENCE—MIMICRY AND PROTECTIVE COLORATION—PARASITIC MOLLUSCA—COMMENSALISM—VARIATIONChapter IV · USES OF SHELLS FOR MONEY, ORNAMENT, AND FOOD—CULTIVATION OF THE OYSTER, MUSSEL, AND SNAIL—SNAILS AS MEDICINE—PRICES GIVEN FOR SHELLSChapter V · REPRODUCTION—DEPOSITION OF EGGS—DEVELOPMENT OF THE FERTILISED OVUM—DIFFERENCES OF SEX—DIOECIOUS AND HERMAPHRODITE MOLLUSCA—DEVELOPMENT OF FRESH-WATER BIVALVESChapter VI · RESPIRATION AND CIRCULATION—THE MANTLEChapter VII · ORGANS OF SENSE: TOUCH, SIGHT, SMELL, HEARING—THE FOOT—THE NERVOUS SYSTEMChapter VIII · THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS, JAW, AND RADULA: EXCRETORY ORGANSChapter IX · THE SHELL, ITS FORM, COMPOSITION AND GROWTH—DESIGNATION OF ITS VARIOUS PARTSChapter X · GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF LAND AND FRESH-WATER MOLLUSCA—THE PALAEARCTIC, ORIENTAL, AND AUSTRALASIAN REGIONSChapter X · GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF LAND AND FRESH-WATER MOLLUSCA—THE PALAEARCTIC, ORIENTAL, AND AUSTRALASIAN REGIONS (continued 2)Chapter XI · GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF LAND MOLLUSCA (continued)—THE ETHIOPIAN, NEARCTIC, AND NEOTROPICAL REGIONSChapter XII · DISTRIBUTION OF MARINE MOLLUSCA—DEEP-SEA MOLLUSCA AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICSChapter XIII · CLASS CEPHALOPODAChapter XIV · CLASS GASTEROPODA—AMPHINEURA AND PROSOBRANCHIATAChapter XV · CLASS GASTEROPODA (continued): OPISTHOBRANCHIATA AND PULMONATAChapter XVI · CLASSES SCAPHOPODA AND PELECYPODABRACHIOPODAChapter XVII · RECENT BRACHIOPODABRACHIOPODAChapter XVIII · PALAEONTOLOGY OF THE BRACHIOPODAINDEXPrevious chapter ←Chapter XVI · CLASSES SCAPHOPODA AND PELECYPODANext chapter →Chapter XVII · RECENT BRACHIOPODAAll chapters and sections (27)Other sectionsTHE CAMBRIDGE NATURAL HISTORYPREFACE TO THE MOLLUSCASCHEME OF THE CLASSIFICATION ADOPTED IN THIS BOOKLIST OF MAPSMOLLUSCSChapters1234567891010111213141516Other sectionsBRACHIOPODAChapters17Other sectionsBRACHIOPODAChapters18Other sectionsINDEXPART I◇RECENT BRACHIOPODA◇BY◇ARTHUR E. SHIPLEY, M.A.◇Fellow and Tutor of Christ’s College, Cambridge◇← CHAPTER XVI CLASSES SCAPHOPODA AND PELECYPODACHAPTER XVII RECENT BRACHIOPODA →