"Cephalopoda" Quotes from Famous Books
... any other of the mollusca. If the lower had not an anterior existence, the higher were not developed from them. It is also a conclusive argument against the system, that while the intermediate mollusca are very numerous, the cephalopoda, which were so early introduced, and are the higher forms that were so numerous at certain times, are now narrowed down to a ... — The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 7, July, 1880 • Various |