Note 2673 — BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
Aristotle says the same, Hist. Anim. B. v. c. 14, and De Partib. Anim. B. ii. c. 17. Cuvier says, that the buccinus and murex have a long neck, in which there is a tongue armed with little teeth, but very sharp, by means of which the animal is enabled to pierce other shell-fish.