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Thomas Belt. Fresh - Water Animals 253 up by the surf ; and on examining them , I found them all to belong to well - known old - world genera - Unio , Planorbis , Ancylus , and Ampullari . On this journey , all the beach was , as I have ...
Thomas Belt. Fresh - Water Animals 253 up by the surf ; and on examining them , I found them all to belong to well - known old - world genera - Unio , Planorbis , Ancylus , and Ampullari . On this journey , all the beach was , as I have ...
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... fresh water compared with those living on land has not , as we have seen , escaped the comprehensive mind of Darwin , and in explana- tion of the fact , he has shown how fresh - water shells may be carried from pool to pool , or from ...
... fresh water compared with those living on land has not , as we have seen , escaped the comprehensive mind of Darwin , and in explana- tion of the fact , he has shown how fresh - water shells may be carried from pool to pool , or from ...
Page 256
... fresh - water areas have not continued as a rule through long geological periods , we can see how variation has been constantly checked by the destruc- tion , first in one part , then in another , of all the fresh - water species ; and ...
... fresh - water areas have not continued as a rule through long geological periods , we can see how variation has been constantly checked by the destruc- tion , first in one part , then in another , of all the fresh - water species ; and ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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