PLATE CXIII. 



MYTILUS ANATINUS. 



SMALL HORSE MUSCLE. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



The hinge toothless, and consists of a longitudinal furrow. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



A N D 



SYNONYMS. 



.Shell oval, rather compresse J, brittle, margin membranaceous, beaks 



decorticated. 



Mytilus Anatinus : testa ovali compressiuscula fragiiissima mar- 

 gine membranceo, natibus dccorticaris. Gmel. 

 Linn. Sj/st. Nat. p. 3355. sp. 16. 



Musculus lafus, testa admodum tenui, ex fusco viridescens, interdum 

 rufescens, &c. List. II. An. Angl. p. 14-6. tit. 



29. tab. 2. Jig. 29. 



Musculus tenuis minor latiusculus. A pp. II. An. Angl. p. 10. tit. 



30. tab. I. jig. 2.— A 'pp. II. An. Angl. in 

 Goad. p. 13. tit. 30. tab. I. fig. 2. 



Mytuii majores a nostratibus. Horse muscles. Merret. Pin. p. 193. 

 Mytilus anatinus Duck. Pain. Br. Zool. No. 79. tab. 63. Jig. 79. 

 Mytilus fluviatilis minor. Anatinus, Da Costa Br. Conch, p. 215. 

 sp. 47. tab. 15. fig. 2. 



