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LIMA GLACIALIS. 



Tab. III. Jig. 1. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Shell oval, subeqiiilateral, with numerous subsca- 

 brous striae ; margin entire. 



SYNONYMA. 



Lima glacialis. Lam. An. sans Vert. vol. 6, part 



1, p. 157. 

 OsTREA glacialis. GmcHn. 

 OsTREA scABRA. DUlwyn's Recent Shells, p. 271. 

 Lima. Enc. Method, pi. 206, Jig. 2 and 3. 

 Lister y tab. 176, Jig. 13. 



Cabinet of the Acad. Nat. Sciences, No. 1158. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



A common and well known species, which is fre- 

 quently brought from the West Indies and sold in the 

 fruit stores in this city. It inhabits the coast of East 

 Florida, and the keys and islands of the Gulf of Mex- 

 ico. Variety B, of Lamarck, is distinguished by its 

 minute and smooth striae. 



The figure represents a fine and highly coloured 

 specimen in the collection of Mr. Mason ; it is from 

 a small island in the gulf of Mexico* 



