land-shell

It proves to be a Cochlogena, or land-shell of a very peculiar form; 176 with it I found six other kinds; and in another spot an eighth species.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

If, therefore, we except the eighteen marine, the one fresh-water, and one land-shell, which have apparently come here as colonists from the central islands of the Pacific, and likewise the one distinct

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

It proves to be a Cochlogena, or land-shell of a very peculiar form; 176 with it I found six other kinds; and in another spot an eighth species.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

If, therefore, we except the eighteen marine, the one fresh-water, and one land-shell, which have apparently come here as colonists from the central islands of the Pacific, and likewise the one distinct

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

For instance, until recently not a land-shell was known belonging to either of these vast periods, with the exception of one species discovered by Sir C. Lyell and Dr. Dawson in the carboniferous strata of North America; but now land-shells have been found in the lias.

X. On the Imperfection of the Geological Record. On the Poorness of Palaontological Collections 1909

It proved to be a Cochlogena, or land-shell of a very peculiar form; 2 with it I found six other kinds; and in another spot an eighth species.

Chapter XXI 1909

If, therefore, we except the eighteen marine, the one fresh-water, and one land-shell, which have apparently come here as colonists from the central islands of the Pacific, and likewise the one distinct Pacific species of the Galapageian group of finches, we see that this archipelago, though standing in the Pacific Ocean, is zoologically part of America.

Chapter XVII 1909

They may become extinct, or they may endure as varieties for very long periods, as has been shown to be the case by Mr. Wollaston with the varieties of certain fossil land-shell in Madeira, and with plants by Gaston de Saporta.

II. Variation under Nature. Doubtful Species 1909

There were no insects then for the poor bird to feed upon, so it died of starvation and weariness before the day was out; but a little earth that clung in a pellet to one of its feet contained the egg of a land-shell, while the prickly seed of a common Spanish plant was entangled among the winged feathers by its hooked awns.

Science in Arcady Grant Allen 1873

If, therefore, we except the eighteen marine, the one fresh-water, and one land-shell, which have apparently come here as colonists from the central islands of the Pacific, and likewise the one distinct Pacific species of the

The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845