University of New Zealand.
B.A. Examination for Honours, 1885.
Natural Science.—Biology.
Paper
b (1).
Zoology (group Mollusca).
Examiner: Prof.
E. Ray Lankester, M.A., F.R.S.
1. |
Give an account of the structure of the Pearly Nautilus; compare it with that of Sepia, and show by reference to an ideal archi-mollusc the agreement of parts in the Cephalopoda and Lamellibranchia. |
2. |
Describe the general and minute structure of the gills of Lamellibranchia. |
3. |
Enumerate and classify the freshwater and terrestrial Mollusca of New Zealand. |
4. |
Give a full account of the development from the egg of any Mollusc with which you are familiar. |
5. |
Describe the chief forms of nervous system met with in Mollusca, and show how they may be derived from a common ancestral form. |
6. |
Describe the mechanism of the lingual rasp of Mollusca Glossophora. |