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trianorular-oval ; and tl\e cardinal tootli in Ww K^l't. 

 valv(^ t)lion_o-li strono- is nioro oblicpK^ tlian (M-cct. It 

 lias l)(>(Mi round on ^raAclly sand on Narious |)arts of 

 our coasts, bot-li north and soutli, i-an^ini;' in dcjttli 

 IVoni l(S to (SO I'atlionis. 



Turton's W'cascl-cyo (Oaleo))} ))}(( iui'lo))!) is tlio 

 solc^ Ill-it isli r(>j)r('S(Mitativo of its i'amily and o-onus. 

 The tliin o\al slicll is o(|nal-Hided, ^vitll niinnti^ beaks, 

 and i^apcs widely in front. The hin!^"!* is Avithout 

 tre(h, and tluMH> is no e]>idennis. 'V\\v aniiual lias a 

 loni;- foot ilatiiMied to foian a. nari'ow sole, upon ^^•hi(*]l 

 \{ i;-lides aft(M- the inamuM- of a snail, ^riic edi;\'s of 

 the niaiille are JoincMl, but. at. the 

 front, iliere is an oi-illee for ])rotrud- 

 ini;- the I'oot, and there is a siphon at 

 cither end. C\>nt raiy to the liabit of 

 most bivalves, A\hieh kee]) tlieir sh 

 IS neai'ly clostMl as ])ossibl(\ th 



Tiutans Woasoi-oyo - Weasel-eye spreads open its val\( 



open and closed 



ells 

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to the fullest extent, and so llatiened 

 out, as in onr first ii^nre, it glides over tlie weeds 

 and e(^rallin(\s, in wat(M' between 5 and 20 fatlionis, 

 on onr soutluMai coasts. It attaches itself by a 

 byssns, but wlien it wisluvs to ino\'e away tlu^ 

 byssus is thrown oil' from the foot. It Avill be at 

 once stHMi in the lij^ht iA' ]>re\ious ivniarks that tJuM'e 

 is distinct relation here betwcHMi tlu^ habits of the 

 cr(Nitnre and the abstMice of hino'i^-ttndh. A niollusk 

 that ns(\s its widely expanded \al\('S U) protect it 

 lias little need of the teeth with wdiich many otluM* 

 sjKTies lock their valves to^vtlicr — so tlic teeth arc 

 not. de\-eloped. 



LeaA-ini;- thi^ seashore foi- a time, we nmst ri>])air to 



