PINNA 



Plate XXXII. 



Species 60. (Fig. 00 and 61, Miis. Cuming.) 

 Pinna hystrix. Finn, testa late cuneiformi, tenmculd, 

 injtata, podice subqjiadratd, corned, Uvido-purpurm- 

 rente et Jiigro-fusco variegatd, midticostatd, codia 

 parvis, squamatii, squamis subaugmte tubulosis, erectis, 

 irregtilarihus, cmlarim interstifiis Mis, plano-con- 

 raris, lamellis incrementi swhconspicuis. 

 iHF, POKCUPINE Pinna. Shell broadly wedge-shaped, 

 rather thin, inflated, posteriorly somewhat square, 

 liorny, variegated with livid-purple and black -brown, 



many-ribbed, ribs small, squamate, scales rather 

 slenderly tubular, erect, irregular, interstices be- 

 tween the ribs flatly concave, with the lamella; of 

 growth rather conspicuous. 



Hanlby, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 226. 



Hab. Amboyna. 



This very beautiful species, which I had regarded as a 



spincd variety of P. Strmiyei, has been described by Mr. 



Hanley as a distinct species ; and I think rightly so. 



February, 1859. 



