PLATE If. 
PATELLA FISSURA. 
SLIT-LIMPET. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Animal limax. Shell univalve, subconic, without spires. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Oval, striated, reticulated. Vertex recurved, or bent back. A slit 
in the anterior part. 
Patella Fissura : testa ovali striato-reticulata: vertice recurvo, anterius 
fissa. Gmelin, Linn. Syst. Nat. 3728. 192. 
Patella integra parva, alba, cancellata, fissura notabili in margine, 
List. H. Conch. tab. 543. 
Petw. Gaz. tab. 15. fig. 2. 
Patella testa sulcato-reticulata, vertice recurvo, margine antice sursum 
fisso. Miuller-zool-dan.1. p.83. t. 24. f. 7.9. 
rar. 1. p. 51. prodr. 2864. 
Patella fissura. Slit. Br. Zool. .90. f. 152. p. 144. 
Da Costa Br. Conch. 11. 5. tab. 1. fig. 4. 
Lepas d’eau douce reticulé, avec une petite fente, ou entaille. 
D’ Avila, Cab... p. 428. No. 962. 
Found on the coasts of Cornwall and Devonshire. 
