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Excerpt from Manual of Conchology, Structural and Systematic, Vol. 8: With Illustrations of the Species; Naticidae, Calyptraeidae, Turriteliddae, Vermetidae, Caecidae, Eulimidae, Turbonillidae, Pyramidellidae The Nidus (pi. 7, figs. 44, 45) is unlike that of any other mollusk in form and composition, being built up largely of the sand of the sea-bottom, agglutinated into a strap, forming part of a circle, and provided on one side with a constriction or rim the walls contain the eggs, arranged in quincunx order. 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.

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