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_Annelidae_: the _Serpula_, in his dirty house; and the _Terebella_, most ancient of masons, who lays the walls of his home in water-proof cement.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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We can only give here a few of the more frequent species of fossils: — Three kinds of Echinus, Coral (Thecosmilia gregarea), Serpula socialis, Lima (five kinds), Ostræa flabelloides,
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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Its chief fossils are Serpula, Rhynconella, Terebratula, and T.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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According as it goes further and further in the direction of vision, it gives the simple pigmentary masses of a lower organism, or the rudimentary eye of a Serpula, or the slightly differentiated eye of the Alciope, or the marvelously perfected eye of the bird; but all these organs, unequal as is their complexity, necessarily present an equal coördination.
Evolution créatrice. English Henri Bergson 1900
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Serpula, in illustration of identical evolution in divergent lines, 96
Evolution créatrice. English Henri Bergson 1900
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A new genus (Vermiculum) is introduced for the purpose of containing such of the Serpula as do not agree with the generic character of being fixed to other bodies.
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Trans, vol, 55.p. 1 — 6. (1766) with fig. {Serpula qucedam.)
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