Excerpt from Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, Vol. 3: Wissenschaftlich Dargestellt in Wort und Bild; Mollusca
II. Ordnung. Polyplacophora Name. Historisches. Allgemeiner Ueberblick Literaturübersieht Systematische Vorbemerkung.
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