248 OSTREA. 



Ostrea maxima. Linnazus Syst. Nat. p. 1144. Bom 

 Mas. p. 98. Schroeter Einl. in. p. 298. Gmelin, p. 



3315. Donovan, ii. t. 49. Maton and Racket, in Lin. 

 Trans, viii. p. 96. Dorset Cat. p. 37. t. 9. f. 3. 



Pecten maximus. Pennant Zool.'w. p. 99. t. 59. f. 61. 



Chemnitz, vii. p. 268. t. 60. f. 585. Montagu Test. p. 



143. 

 Pecten vulgaris. Da Costa Brit. Conch, p. 140. t. 9. f. 3. 

 Bonanni Rec. 2. f. 8, and Kirch, t. 7. Lw^er Anim. Aug. 



t. 5. f. 29, and Conch, t. 163. f. I. Gualter, t. 98. f. A 



and B. Knorr, ii. t. 14. f. 1. Regenfuss, i. t. 2. f. 19, 



and t. 7. f. 3. Enc. Meth. t. 209. f. 1. 

 Inhabits the European Ocean, coasts of Sweden. Linneens. 

 Britain. Lister, fyc. Denmark. Mutter. Norway and the 

 Mediterranean. Regenfuss. Spain and Portugal. Chem- 

 nitz. 

 Shell about four inches Jong, and four and a half broad ; lower 

 valve very convex, white, tinged with yellow, and the upper 

 flaitish and of a brownish red colour,' or sometimes variegated 

 with pink and brown : either this species or O. Jacobeea 

 was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been 

 in the Holy Land, and therefore frequently occurs in ar- 

 morial bearings. 



jacqbtea. 2. Shell with about sixteen' angulated, 

 longitudinally striated ribs, and the upper 

 valve impressed between the auricles. 



Ostrea Jacobaea. Linneens Syst. Nat. p. 1144. Born 

 Mas. p. 98. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 299. Gmelin, p. 



3316. Donovan, iv. t. 137. Maton and Racket, in 

 Lin. Trans, viii. p. 97. Dorset Cat. p. 37. t. 13. f. 2. 



Pecten Jacobaeus. Pennant Zool. iv. p. 100. t. 60. f. 62. 



Da Costa Brit. Conch p. 143. Montagu Test. p. 144. 

 Pecten Jacobi. Chemnitz, vii. p. 273. t. 60. f. 588 and 



589- 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 2. f. 4. Lister Conch, t. 165. f. 



2 and t. 166. f. 3. Gualter, t. 99. f. B. Knorr, ii. t. 22- 



f. 3, and vi. t. 38. f. 1. Favanne, t. 54. f.Ll. Enc. 



Meth. t. 209. f. 2. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean. Lintucus. Coasts of Britain. 



Pennant, fyc, Naples. Ulysses. Adriatic. Chemnitz. 

 This species is very nearly allied to O. maxima, but is usually- 

 smaller, and has the lower valve more concave and white, 

 and the ribs flat and angular. 



