Mollusca : testacellidæ and zonitidæ / by W.T. Blanford and H.H. Godwin-Austen.

  • William Thomas Blanford
Date:
1908
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Credit: Mollusca : testacellidæ and zonitidæ / by W.T. Blanford and H.H. Godwin-Austen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    s»t> It was an abundant species in the Dafla Hills, varying much in colour and size, often being of a pale ochraceous-grey tint. On Toruputu Peak it occurred also with the same characteristic sculpture, but thinner in structure. “ Animal. Pore part of foot and head, as well as the tentacles, dark slate ; extremity of foot pointed (no gland visible, fig. 90, B), pale grey, edged light fleshy; sole of foot dark orange ; mantle very slightly reflected in front, with no tongue-shaped process. “Length 2*0 ; tentacles 0*5 ; shell, major diam, 0*95.” [Fig. 90.—Staffordia daflaensis. . Animal from right side, showing the right dorsal lobe. X 3'4. '. Animal from left side, the left dorsal lobe and part of the branchial wall removed, showing the male organ and position of its retractor muscle attachment. X 3'4. B. Head and extremity of foot, from drawings from life. C. Extremity of foot, from spirit-specimen. X 3-4. D. Jaw, X 9, and teeth of radula, X 270. E. Generative organs, X 35. cor.gld., coronal gland ; d, dart. E'. Do. X 35. First specimen dissected.]