conchologists

[Huh? What money?] “It will prove of much benefit to conchologists.”

Archive 2009-01-01 AYDIN 2009

A sort of shaving soap used frequently to be advertised under a title which was as complexly adjusted a piece of mosaic work as the geologists or the conchologists ever turned out.

The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton

In regard to shells, I have always found that dealers have a positive prejudice against intermediate forms, and one of the most philosophical of them, now no more, once confessed to me that it was very much against his trade interest to give an honest opinion that certain varieties were not real species, or that certain forms, made distinct genera by some conchologists, ought not so to rank.

Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916

Some experienced conchologists are now sinking many of the very fine species of D’Orbigny and others into the rank of varieties; and on this view we do find the kind of evidence of change which on the theory we ought to find.

X. On the Imperfection of the Geological Record. On the Absence of Numerous Intermediate Varieties in Any Single Formation 1909

Irish conchologists has shown that in variety of land mollusca this district surpasses almost any other in these islands; and good results may be confidently expected in other invertebrate groups.

The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway Robert Lloyd Praeger 1909

Had I not been bound by an engagement at Washington, and could I have remained three or four days longer in order to label and pack them, I might have taken at once these valuable objects, which will be of great importance in verifying and rectifying the synonyms of European conchologists.

Louis Agassiz His Life and Correspondence Agassiz, Louis 1885

A number of shells [165] were found under the head of each skeleton, of the kind known to conchologists as the _Nerita littoralis_.

An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864

Some experienced conchologists are now sinking many of the very fine species of D'Orbigny and others into the rank of varieties; and on this view we do find the kind of evidence of change which on my theory we ought to find.

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life 1859

Some experienced conchologists are now sinking many of the very fine species of D'Orbigny and others into the rank of varieties; and on this view we do find the kind of evidence of change which on my theory we ought to find.

On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 09 (historical) Charles Darwin 1859

Some experienced conchologists are now sinking many of the very fine species of

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) Charles Darwin 1845