298 
Purpureuse 
Saxatilis. 
Argenteus. 
Fulgidus, 
» 
Muretus, 
Murinus. 
Teflaceus. 
Virgatus. 
Cordatus, 
WORMS. TESTACEA. 68. Mytilus. 
Shell rounded behind; pale flefh-colour, purple within: the 
margin denticulate. 
Bonan. recr. 3. fig. 3384. Muf. Kircb. 2. f. 116, 
Inhabits fhores of Bra/i/, 
Shell ear-fhaped, with granulate wrinkles on the outer fide 
dilated and rounded, 
Rumpf Muf. tab. 46. D. 
Inhabits Amboma, affixed to rocks, and is eaten by Ducks and 
fwine: fhorter and broader than the joint of a finger. 
Shell tranfverfely ftriate, rounded at each end, brown, fil. 
very within: beaks rounded. 
Inhabits Guak. test. tab. 7. D. 
Shell narrow fhining blufh-colour with violet fpots at thg 
fides: beaks daro gie 
Argenv. conch. tab. 22. fi 
Inhabits the feas of Magi an : xy s like mother of pearl. 
Shell gibbous azure with yellowifh ftripes beneath; beaks 
obtufe. 
Argenw. conch. tab, 22. fig. H. 
Inhabits Shel/ about an inch broad and 2 long, narrowed at 
the lower margin, 
Shell moufe-colour with violet fpots and a broad rounded 
: rofy margin: beaks pointed (traight. 
Inhabits Guinea. Argenv. conch. tab. 22. K. 
Regenf. conch. 1, tab. 9. fig. 32. 
Shell long narrow, covered with a teftaceous fkin, under 
which it is fhining filvery varied with blue red yellow 
and brown. 
Inhabits——Kznorr Vergn. 4. tab. 15. sig. 
Refembles M. modiolus but is larger and fae more beautiful. 
Shel! dilated outwardly, greenifh-yellow with at ftripes: 
beaks obtufe curved. 
Inhabits Knorr Vergn. 4, tab, 2. fig. 2. 
Shell oblong very thin, white with obfolete ftrie, with a 
heart-ihaped gape behind. 
Spengl. Bejcb. Naturf. 2. tab. g. A. fig. 5—5. 
Spengl, catal, raise tab, 5. figs 13——-17, Colle f. 12. 
Martin 
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