2H CONCHYLIA— l^/THFU^. 46. 



Dillvoyn, Descript. Catal, p. 263. 



Turton, Couch. Diet. p. 133. 

 Ostrea lajvis. hinn. Trans, viii. p. 100, tab. 3, fig. 5. 



Mus. nost. From Torbay and the English Channel. 



Shell about an inch in diameter, roundish-oval or oblong, 

 purple, reddish, or yellowish, rarely clear white, often variously 

 marbled or spotted : the surface generally marked with raised 

 ribs towards the broader end, more or less in number, and which 

 are sometimes defined by a deep transverse line separating them 

 from the plain part, but always marked with the fine and almost 

 invisible longitudinal irregular and somewhat undulate striae over 

 the whole surface. 



farius. Pecten testd oblongd subtsquivahii, striis 26 ad 30 compressis 

 echinatis. 

 Shell oblong nearly equivalve, with from 26 to 30 compressed 



prickly striae. 

 Ostrea varia. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 1146 



Gmelin, Syst. p. 3324. 



Turton, Linn. Syst. iv. p. 265. 



Donovan, British Shells, i. tab. 1, fig. 1. 



hinn. Trans, viii. p. 97. 



Dorset. Catal. p. 38, tab. 10, fig. 1 , 2, 4, 5, 7, 9. 



Dillwyn, Descript. Catal. p, 260. 



Turton, Conch. Diet. p. 130. 

 Pecten varius. Pennant, iv. p. 221, tab. 64, fig. 1. 



Montagu, Test. Brit. p. 146. 



Turton, British Fauna, p. 162. 



