riSSURELLA. 469 



F. RETICULATA, DoilOVail. 



Plate LXIII. fig. 4, 5, and (Animal) Plate B.B. fig. 7. 



Patella Graca, Pennant, Brit. Zool. ed. 4, vol. iv. p. 144, pi. 89, f. 153. — 

 PuLTENEY, Hutchins, Hist. Dorset, p. 52. — Mont. Test Brit. 

 vol, ii. p. 492. — Maton and Rack. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. viii. 

 p. 236.— Rack. Dorset Catalog, p. 59, pi. 23, f. 3.— Turt. 

 Conch. Diction, p. 141, f. 82 (badly). — DoNOV. in Rees' En- 

 cycl. (1811) Conch, pi. i. bis?.— Brookes, Introd. Conch, f. 

 123.~DiLLW. Recent Shells, vol. ii. p. 1056 (chiefly).— 

 Wood, Index Test. pi. 38, f. 91. 

 „ larva reticulata. Da Costa, Brit. Conch, p. 14, pi. 1, f. 3. 

 „ reticulata, Donov. Brit. Shells, vol. i. pi. 21, f. 3. 



„ apertiira, (Fry) Mont. Test. Brit. p. 491, pi. 13, f. 10.— Maton and 

 Rack. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. viii. p. 236.— Turt. Conch. 

 Diction, p. 141, f. 82. — Lowe, Zool. Joum. vol. iii. p. 77. 

 Fissurella cancellata. Gray, Annals Philosoph. 1825. 



„ Grxca, Fleming, (not Lam. nor Desh. in Enc. Meth.) Brit. Anim. 

 p. 364. — Forbes, Malac. Monens. p. 34 (animal). — Brit. 

 Mar. Conch, p. 134. — Brown, 111. Conch, G. B. p. 61, pi. 

 12, f. 10, 11.— Philippi, Moll. Sicil. vol. i. p. 116, and vol. 

 ii. p. 90. 

 „ apertura, (Fry) Fleming, Brit. Anim. p. 364. 

 „ EuropcEa, Sowerby, Conch. Illust. Fissurella, p. 5, f. 43. 

 „ reticulata, Recluz, Revue Zoolog. Cuvierenne, 1843, p. 110. — Hanley, 

 Brit. Mar. Conch, p. xxxii. 

 Sipho radiata, (Young) Brown, Illust. Conch. G. B. p. 61, pi. 12, f. 20. 



As the specific epithet Gnzca^ by which this shell has 

 usually been designated by British writers, more properly 

 belongs to an allied Mediterranean species {neglectd) figured 

 by Tournefort, we have followed M. Recluz in the adoption 

 of the name bestowed by Donovan. The Graca of Lamarck 

 (not of Linnseus) is again different, and is a native of the 

 West Indian islands. 



The shape is depressed subconical, and the basal outline 

 is oblong or elongated elliptical, a little narrower in front, 

 but well-rounded at both extremities ; the lateral edges are 

 not contracted, but are slightly or moderately convex. 

 From a disposition to spread at the margin, the side 



