Excerpt from A Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries: Mollusca, Polyzoa, Brachiopoda, Tunicata, Echinoderma, and Worms, Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S. W One of the large north galleries approached from the Bird Gallery is devoted to the exhibition of the extensive Glass of Mollusca. Specimens of the types of all the principal divisions of this Class are exhibited, either entire and preserved in spirit, or as models. However, as not the animals, but their shells have always been a favourite object of study, and a popular source of pleasure to collectors, the exhibition of the species of shells has been made as complete as the space of this Gallery admitted. It has thus proved adequate for the requirements of the majority of visitors and students who consult this Collection. A separate series of British Shells is exhibited in some small table-cases along the west wall. This Gallery also contains the exhibited series of Polyzoa, Brachiopoda, and Tunicata. 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.

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