PLATE XLVI. 



SOLEN SILIQUA. 



LARGE Or FOD SOLEN. 



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 Ascidia. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell strait, equally broad, and compressed. The hinge beset with 



two teeth in each valve. 



Solen Siliqua : testa lineari recta cardine altero bidentato. Linn. 



Syst. Nat. p. 1113. No. 34.— -Fw. Sv. 2. No. 



2131. 

 Solen, lsevis, albidus, candidus, ex fusco & subroseo colore variegatus 



et fasciatus. Gualt. 1. Conch, tab. 95. fig. C. 

 Concha fusca, longissima, angustissimaque, musculo ad cardinem 



nigro, quibusdam solen dicta. List. H. An. 



Angl. p. 192. tit. 37. tab. o.fg. 37. — App. II. 



An. Angl.p. 19. — App. H. An. Angl. Goedart, 



p. 33. 

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