254 OSTREA. 



Ostrea, No. 7- Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 325. 



Pallium variegatum et aculeatum. Chemnitz, vii. p. 305. 

 t. 64. f. 608. 

 Inhabits the Red Sea. Chemnitz. 

 Shell two inches and two lines long, and two inches broad ; 



white, with sanguineous spots ; it is very nearly allied to O. 



pallium, but has fewer longitudinal ribs, and they are said to 



be prickly. 



palliata. 16. Shell with about twenty angulated 

 ribs, and slightly imbricated transverse striae. 



Ostrea palliata. Gmelin, p. 3331. 



Ostrea aspera. Solanders MSS. Callone's Cat. p. 52. 

 No. 975. 



Ostrea, No. 71. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 344. 



Knorr, i. t. 19. f. 2. Da Costa's Elements, t. 6. f. 1. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean. Solander. 

 Shell about an inch or an inch and a quarter long, and the 



breadth is the same, or but very little exceeds the length ; 



it is elegantly variegated in the same manner as O. pallium, 



from which it may be distinguished by the greater number of 



its ribs. 



nodosa. J 7. Shell with nine rounded ribs, and 

 strong longitudinal striae ; ribs armed with 

 hollow vesicles on the upper valve. 



Ostrea nodosa. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1 145. Bom Mus. 

 p. 102. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 30S. Gmelin, p. 3322. 

 Barbitt. Verm. p. 55. t. 8. f. 4. 



Pecten corallinus. Chemnitz, vii. p. 306. t. 64. f. 609 to 

 611. 



Bonanni Rec. Supp. f. 12, and Kirch. 2. f. 132. Lister 

 Conch, t, 174. f. 11, and t. 186. f. 24. Rumphius, t. 

 48. f. 7 and 8. Gualter, t. 99- f. C and D. Argenville, 

 t. 24. f. F. Knorr, i. t. 5. f. 1, and iv. t. 13. f. 5. Seba, 

 iii. t. 87- f- 1 to 5. Regenfuss, i. t.4. f. 38, and ii. t. 7, 

 f. 8, and t. 10. f. 32. Favanne, t. 55. f. D. Enc. Meth. 

 t. 210. f. 2. 

 Junior. Ostrea decemradiata. Gmelin, p. 3329. 



Ostrea nodulosa. Gmelin, p. 3320. ? 



Ostrea, No. 36. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 336. 



Lister Conch, t. 188. f.26. 

 Inhabits the African and Indian Oceans. Linnaus. Coasts of 



Guinea. Spengler. Islands of St. Thomas, St Croix, and 



