Abstract
MR. HORNELL has arranged for the preparation of wall-cases containing collections of the common species of molluscs and Crustacea for the use of secondary schools in India, and this useful handbook was written primarily as a descriptive guide to accompany the case of molluscs, but the needs of collectors who take an interest in the things they find on the shore have also been kept in mind. Mr. Hornell records the external features, the bionomics, the changes in form of the shell as growth proceeds, the character of the spawn, the use of molluscs as food, and the shells, opercula, pearls, etc., as articles of commerce.
The Common Molluscs of South India.
J.
Hornell
By, Director of Fisheries, Madras. Report No. 6 of 1921, Madras Fisheries Bulletin, vol. xiv., 1922, pp. 97–215. (Madras: Government Press.) 1 rupee.
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The Common Molluscs of South India . Nature 111, 12 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111012d0
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