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Hyala Fragila
''Hyala'' is a genus of very small, somewhat :wikt:amphibious, amphibious land snails that have a gill and an operculum (gastropod), operculum, semi-terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks belonging to the family (biology), family Iravadiidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Hyala H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138083 on 2012-08-14 Description (Original description) The head of the animal is elongated and emarginate at the tip, forming two distinct lobes. The tentacles are flattened, lacking a club-shaped tip, and possess fine setae at their extremities. The eyes are sessile and located centrally on the base of each tentacle. The foot is simple posteriorly. The opercular lobe lacks a caudal cirrus. The shell is hyaline (transparent). Adams H. & Adams A. (1852). "On a new Arrangement of British Risooæ". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' (2) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Adams (zoologist)
Henry Adams (1813–1877) was an English naturalist and conchologist. With his brother Arthur Adams, also a noted conchologist, he wrote The genera of recent Mollusca: arranged according to their organization' three volumes, 1858. His father is an architect hired by HM Customs HM Customs (His or Her Majesty's Customs) was the national Customs service of Kingdom of England, England (and then of Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain from 1707, the United Kingdom from 1801) until a merger with the HM Excise, Departme .... References English malacologists English taxonomists 1813 births 1877 deaths British conchologists English zoologists 19th-century British zoologists {{UK-zoologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |