258 C O N C H O L O G Y. 



The fecond fet have a vlfible and regu- 

 lar multarticulate hinge ; exadlly like that 

 of the Noah's Arks, or the multarticulate 

 Cockles. PI. VI. fig. 10. 



On a due confideration of the deep grooves, 

 the indentuigs, the undulated margins, and 

 other diftortions of thefe Shells, more than 

 in any other genera, and by the beak, 

 which is perforated or tubular quite to 

 within the Shells ; I am apt to imagine 

 thefe animals feldom open their Shells, as 

 moft others do, to take their food ; but 

 nourifh themfelves through the tube or 

 perforated beak only. 



By the obfervatlons made on the few 

 fpecies lately difcovered recent, this my 

 opinion (lands in fome manner confirmed, 

 as the living Anomiae have all been found 

 lurking in the nooks between the branch- 

 ings of corals, or cavities of rocks. They 

 lie therein lifted upon their flat furfaces 



or 



