PLATE CXXXIX. 



SABELLA ALVEOLATA. 



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HONEY-COMB SABELLA, OR SAND SHELL, 



GENERIC CHARACTER^ 



Animal a Nereis, with a ringent mouth, and two thicket tentaculas 

 behind the head. Shell tubular, and composed chiefly of sand, agglu- 

 tinated to a membranaceous tube. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Composite, consisting of numerous parallel tubes, with somewhat 



funnel-shaped aperture. 



Sabella alveolata : testa composita concamerationibus nume- 



rosis : aperturis sub-infundibuliformibus. 

 Sabella alveolata : testa composita concamerationibus nume- 



rosis poro communicantibus. Gmel. Linn. Sj/st. 



Nat. T. 1. p. 6. p. 3749. Sp. 3. 

 Sabella alveolata, Honey-comb. Penn. Brit. Zool. Vol. 4. 



p. 147. sp. 162. — Ellis Coral, p. 90. t. 36. 



