Mollusca

Définition et enjeux

Joseph-Philippe-François Deleuze,  History and description of the Royal Museum of natural history… (1823)

“ Those animals whose body is covered with a shell belong to the class of mollusca; but though
several animals of this class have only an interior shell, and others have none at all, the affinity of their organization does not admit of their being separated.
The animals belonging to certain shells are preserved in spirits of wine ; those of a large size, as also the naked mollusca, are placed at the bottom of the third division of the chest of drawers, immediately after the collection of insects.
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Source : Gallica

Joseph-Philippe-François Deleuze,  History and description of the Royal Museum of natural history… (1823)

“ In going through the collection we shall follow the order adopted by M. de Lamarck; deviating only by proceeding from the most complicated animals to those which are more simple.
The mollusca naturally form two divisions. The first comprehends the univalves, or those whose shell is formed of only one piece, and of some analogous genera without shells. The second comprehends the bivalves, or those whose shells consist of two pieces. There are aquatic and terrestrial species belonging to the first division, but all those of the second are aquatic.
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Source : Gallica

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