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SPONDYLUS: 



SHELL WITH STRONG UNEQUAL VALVES; HINGE WITH 

 TWO RECURVED TEETH, AND A CAVITY BETWEEN 

 * THEM. 



g^daropus. 1. Shell slightly eared, and spinous. 



Spondylus Gaedaropus. Linnaus Sj/st. Nat. p. 1136. Bom 

 Mus. p. 77, and Vign. at p. 76. Chemnitz, vii. p. 68. t. 

 44. f. 459 to 462, t. 45. f. 463 to 470, t. 46. f. 472 and 

 473, t. 47. f. 474 to 478, and t. 69. f. E and F. ix. t. 1 15. 

 f. 984 to 990, and 1. 11 6. f. 991. Schroeter Einl. iii p. 

 203, and t. 8. f. 14 to 16. Gmelin, p. 3296. Shaw 

 Nat. Misc. xvi. t. 651. Lamarck Sj/st. des Anim.p. 131. 

 Brooks's Introd. p. 68. t. 3. f. 39- 

 Botianni Rec. and Kirch. 2. f. 20 and 21. Lister Conch. 

 t. 206. f. 40 to t. 209. f. 43. Rumphius, t. 47- f. E, aud 

 t. 48. f. 1 and 2. Petiver Jmb. t. 20. f. 6. Gualter, t. 

 99- f. F and G, t. 100, and t. 101. f . A and B. Argen- 

 ville, 1. 19- f- E, G, and H, and t. 20. f. B, L, and M. 

 Seba, t. 88. f. 1 to 11, and t. 89- f. 1 to 5, 7, and 8. 

 Klein Ost. t. 8. f. 23, and t. 9- f.37. Adanson Senegal, 

 t. 14. f. 6 and 7- Knorr, i. t. 7. f. 1, and t. 9- f. 2 ; v. t. 

 7. f. 2 and 3, and t. 9. f. 1 ; vi. t. 9- f. 1 and 2, and t. 12. 

 f. 3. Regenfuss, i. t. 4. f. 48 ; and ii. 1. 12. f. 3 1, and t. 2. 

 f. 11. Favanne, t. 42. f. D, E, and F, t. 43. and t. 44. 

 Enc. Meth. 1. 190 to t. 195. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean adhering to rocks. Linnaus. 

 Coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. Island of Magdalena. 

 Adanson. Adriatic. Ginanni. East and West India Is- 

 lands, China, Alexandria, South Seas, &c. Humphreys. 

 This species is most commonly about two inches in diameter, 

 vol. i. p 



