PLATE OIL 



SOLEN LEGUMEN. 



PEASECOD. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bivalve, with equal valves, oblong, open at both ends. At the 

 hinge a subulated tooth turned back, often double ; not inserted in 

 the opposite shell. Animal an afcidia. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Strait, oblong, rounded at both ends : smooth, and somewhat 

 pellucid. 



Solen Legumen: curtus subpellucidus, ad chamas quodammodo 

 accedens. Peasecod. Da Costa. Br. Conch, 

 p. 238. sp. 61. 



Solen Legumen, Suboval. Penn.Br. Zool. No. 24. tab. 46. Jig. 24. 



Concha soleniformis, laevis aut levissime striata, fragilis, pellucida, 

 testa tenuissima cornea, subalbida^ aliquando fla- 

 vescens. Gualt. 1. Conch, tab. 91. Jig. A. 



Chama subfusca, angustissima, ad solenes quodammodo accedens. 

 List. JI. Conch, tab. 420. Jig. 264. 

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