conchology
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Amidst all the changes in systematic arrangement which Conchology has, of late years, undergone, the Cypr�� remain untouched; indeed, they present such a uniformity of character, that the most superficial observer cannot mistake them.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
He inquired what position I held, and I said I was clerk of the Senate Committee on Conchology.
From Sketches New and Old, Part 6. by Twain, Mark
It will be a pure scientific exposition, carefully classified, under the several divisions and subdivisions of Ichthyology, Entomology, Herpetology, and Conchology.
From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love
A very fine specimen of this variety, having these characters remarkably developed, is in my own cabinet, and is figured in Exotic Conchology, part 4.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
Brocchi's Discourse on the Progress of the Study of Fossil Conchology in Italy, where some of the following notices on Italian writers will be found more at large.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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