| RefNo | AP/37/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the growth of land shells [snails]' by E J [Edward Joseph] Lowe |
| Date | 14 February 1854 |
| Description | Lowe shares brief observations on molluscs of the genus Helix which have been kept in a box and fed daily. He suggests that the shells of Helicidae increase 'but little for a considerable period, never arriving at maturity before the animal has once become dormant'; that the shells do not grow while the animal itself remains dormant; that the growth of the shells is rapid when it does take place; and that most species bury themselves in the ground 'to increase the dimensions of their shells'.
Subject: Zoology / Malacology
Received 18 February 1854. Read 2 March 1854. Communicated by Henry James.
Written by Lowe at Observatory Beeston [England].
This paper was published in full in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the growth of land shells'. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0004 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2879 | James; Sir; Henry (1803 - 1877); surveyor | 1803 - 1877 |
| NA6289 | Lowe; Edward Joseph (1825 - 1900) | 1825 - 1900 |