RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Forbes, The natural history of the European seas. CUL-DAR205.3.164. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.3 contains notes on distribution of animals.

The brown crayon number '19' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Island endemism: animals.


[164]

The Nat. Hist. of the European seas by E. Forbes (unpublished)

19  

p 88 The F. W Pike occasionally takes to the brackish waters of Baltic

p. 89 In Baltic Littorina nudis & Rissoa ulvæ, slightly modified represent all the gasteropods & a few bivalves, as Tellina solidula & tenuis, Donax anatinum, Cardium edule, Mytiline edulis, & Mya arenaria some of these slightly modified, are the only Lamellibranchs.

Edwards Forbes. 1859. The natural history of the European seas. London.


Return to homepage

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

File last updated 12 September, 2025