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LIMA SQUAMOSA. 



Tab. III. Jig. 2. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Shell ovate, with strong scaly ribs ; hinge oblique ; 

 margin plicated; colour white or yellowish. 



SYNONYM A. 



Lima squamosa. Lam. An. sans Vert. vol. Q>f part 



I, p. 157. 

 Ostrea lima. Lin. Gmelin. 

 Lima. Enc. Method, t. 206, Jig. 4. 



Cabinet of the Acad. Nat. Sciences, No. 1159. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



This shell, when perfect, is furnished with eleva- 

 ted scales, which are generally wanting in those spe- 

 cimens exposed for sale in the fruit stores ; it inhabits 

 the same localities as the preceding species, from 

 which it differs widely in outline, one side being 

 truncated or depressed ; it is also much thicker, and 

 the ribs are broad and elevated. 



The localities given by Dillwyn, from various au- 

 thorities, are the Archipelago, Mediterranean, Red 

 Sea, Bay of Naples, and the coasts of Ceylon and 

 Tranquebar. 



