CHAMA. 221 



** Shells attached to some other substance. 



lazarus. 18. Shell imbricated, with projecting, 

 jagged, striated lamellae, and the margin some- 

 what plaited. 



Chama Lazarus. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1139- Bom Mus. 



p. 84. t. 5. f. 12 to 14. Chemnitz, vii. p. 141. t. 51. f. 



507 to 509. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 242. Gmelin, p. 



3302. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 387. Lamarck Syst. 



des Anim. p. 131. 

 Chama Lazarus, Var. pannosus. Solander's MSS. 

 Spondylus citreus. Gmelin, p. 3298. 

 Rumphius, t. 48. f. 3. Argenville, t. 20. f. F, H and K. Se- 



ba, iii. t. 88. f. 12, and t. 89- f. 6, 9 and 11. Knorr,i. t. 



8. f. 1. Regenfuss, ii. t. 3. f. 22 and 23. Favanne, t. 



43. f. A 3, and A 4, and t. 44. f . A I, and A 2. Enc. 



Meth. 1. 197. f. 1. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean and American Seas. Linnceus. 

 Coasts of Jamaica. Brown. Curacoa. Gronovius. East 

 Indies. D 'Avila. Bay of Naples. Ulysses. China. Hum- 

 phreys. 

 Shell commonly about two inches in diameter, and somewhat 

 orbicular, with the lower valve much more concave than the 

 upper, and having its summit more produced and recurved ; 

 the colour is whitish, red or yellow, and Bruguiere mentions 

 a beautiful Variety with three longitudinal rose-coloured 

 bands, and the lamellated spines white. 



gryphoides. 19. Shell imbricated, with adpres- 

 sed, short, somewhat vaulted scales, and the 

 inner margins of the valves striated. 



Chama gryphoides. Litinceus Syst. Nat. p. 1159. Born 



Mus. p. 84. Chemnitz, vii. p. 145. t. 51. f. 510 to 513. 



Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 243. Gmelin, p. 3302. Bruguiere 



Enc. Meth. p. 388. 

 Chama Lazarus, Var. Kammerer Cab, Rudolst. p. 233. 



Solander's MSS. 

 Chama macerophylla. Chemnitz, vii. p. 149. t. 52. f. 514 



and 515. Gmelin, p. 3304. 

 Chama citrea. Gmelin, p. 3305. 

 Chama imbricata. Lamarck Syst. des Anim. p. 131. 

 Chama, No. 4. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 250. 

 Le Jataron. Adanson Senegal, p. 205. t. 15. 

 Lister Conch, t. 212. f. 47, and t. 215. f. 50 and 51. Gual- 



