And, further, all stromboid testaceans
have their shells on the right hand side, and move not in the
direction of the spire, but the opposite way. Such are the diversities
observed in the external parts of these animals.
The internal structure is almost the same in all these
creatures, and in the stromboids especially; for it is in size that
these latter differ from one another, and in accidents of the nature
of excess or defect. And there is not much difference between most
of the univalves and bivalves; but, while those that open and shut
differ from one another but slightly, they differ considerably from
such as are incapable of motion. And this will be illustrated more
satisfactorily hereafter.
The spiral-shaped testaceans are all similarly constructed, but
differ from one another, as has been said, in the way of excess or
defect (for the larger species have larger and more conspicuous
organs, and the smaller have smaller and less conspicuous), and,
furthermore, in relative hardness or softness, and in other such
accidents or properties. All the stromboids, for instance, have the
flesh that extrudes from the mouth of the shell, hard and stiff;
some more, and some less.
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