PLATE CXLVI. 



PATELLA INTORTA. 



INCLINING PATELLA, OR LIMPET. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal Limax. Shell univalve subconic and without spire. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell entire, ovate, furrowed : ribs slightly imbricated, vertex some- 

 what reflexed and obtuse. 



Patella intorta : testa integris ovata, sulcata: costis sub-imbri- 



catis, vertice sub-refiexo obtuso. 



Patella intorta, inclining : with an elevated shell, slightly 



striated ; the vertex bending, but not hooked. 

 Perm. Brit. Zool. 



This shell is described by Pennant, who acquaints us it " inhabits 

 Angl^sea, found on the shores." It is a very rare shell, but has been 

 taken also on the western coast, and communicated by J. Laskey, 

 Esq. of Crediton, Devonshire. 



The figure of Patella intorta, in the British Zoology, is certainly 

 very indifferent : but having examined the shell Mr. Pennant de- 



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