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PLATE XLV. 



OSTREA STRIATA. 



STRIATED OYSTER. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal a Tethys. Shell bivalve, unequal. Hinge without a tooth, 



having a small oval cavity. 



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SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Less than the common Oyster. Outside wrought with thread- 

 like longitudinal ridges. Inside green. 



Ostreum striatum : mediae magnitudinis veluti striatum intus 



virescente. Da Custa.pl. 11. fig. A. 4. p. 162. 

 sp. 9. 



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Ostreum parvum veluti striatum, testa intus virescente, cardine utrinque 



canaliculate). List. II. An. Angl. p. 1 8 1 . tit. 27. 



tab. 4. fig. 27. 

 Ostrea fere circinata, subviridis, leviter striata. • List. H. Conch. 



tab. 202. 203. fig. 36. 37. 

 An Ostreum vulgare, striatum, striis rotundis, crassioribus, inter- 



ruptis radiatum, squamosum ex fusco viridescens. 



Guult. 1. Conch, tab. 102. fig. £? 



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