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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Mollusca: Inhabiting the Isle of Man and the Neighbouring Sea
My object in the following pages is to give a catalogue of all the species I have observed in the Isle of Man and the neighbouring sea, with their synonyms and remarks, critical or descriptive, in such cases as may appear necessary or useful. Wherever I am acquainted with the animal (it not having been noticed before), I have given such information as I possess on the subject; even though in many cases that information be limited to noting the colour only every note on a molluscous animal, in the present state of the science, having a certain value. The synonyms are given, because they are not fully given in British works on these animals: but for that reason, except when abso lutely necessary to elucidate some particular species, I conceive they have no business in a provincial Fauna or Flora, serving only uselessly to swell the book. The same remark applies to superfluous descriptions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.