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Excerpt from A Monograph of the Eocene Bivalves of England, Vol. 1 It is at the umbones, or that part of. The shell which. Is most remote from the. More vital portions of the animal, and in. Those species which appear to, contain a less quantity of animal matter, that the ravages are committed. In. Some glossy and polished shells, such as in the Venus tribe, there is a total absence. Of epidermis, and these do not suffer from erosion. 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.