8 MULTIVALVES__LEPAS. 
Scientific Name. Locality. Common Name. 
Punctatus’-*..... British Seas ---..--.---- Punctured B. - 
Radiatalscscciicctn: cee cee eae ee Rayed Sal e's GOP oe 
Gartosa i: 22938 Gash a8 BE See Ridged 5 ms (60) OF 
Psittaeus |<. «+ Ghilifes sc ae esc ecocerae Beaked -.. do «- 
Hemispherica --- Africa --++---...2..-.-- Hemispherical do 
Levis --------- East and West Indies --- Smooth---- do -- 
Striatus -------- English and Dutch coasts Striated .- do -- 
Famity 2.—Having radiated cells at their base. 
Diadema -...... Mediterranean, &c. ---- Turban Barnacle 
Balanaris ----.-. Slele''a vie wall aeletere fore cielaiem ote Whale - -. do-- 
Mestudinaniaiecheten ae cei eee Se eee Ee Turtle -... do -- 
* Quinquevalvis-- ++ +--+ +12. eee Srv teee Five valve do -- 
Famity 3.—Having a porous base. 
Porosus +++ +++. East Indies, &c. --.-..-- Porous Barnacle 
Purpurascens----  Falkland’s Isle --------. Purple ---- do -- 
Famity 4.—Having acup-like appendage at the base. 
Galeata -------: Mediterranean, &c. ----- Helmet-like do -- 
Spongeosa ------ Dorsetshire ------ +++. Spongy ---do- 
Famity 5.—Tubular and truncated at both ends. 
Tracheaformis -+-- seer ee ee eee eee ee eee Windpipe - do -- 
Division J].—WShells attached to a fieshy peduncle. 
Notwithstanding ihe great afiinity which exists 
throughout the Lepas genus, there are a few ex- 
ceptions, in which a resemblance is difticult to 
be traced; as, for example, in the L. scalpellum, L. 
anserifera, L. anatifera, and varieties emanating from 
them. These three species are closely allied to each 
other, but exceedingly dissimilar to the rest of the 
genus, for the generality of Lepades are affixed to 
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