354 GINGLYMACONCHA. ANOMIADZ. 
1. ANomi1a Eruiprtum. Tab. V. 
Shells with their valves flattish, suborbicular, with rugose 
undulating folds; the foramen oval; the epidermis whitish or 
pale fuscous. Length and height from four and a half to five 
inches. 
Anomia Ephippium, Lister, Conch. t. cciv. f. 38; D’ Argenv. 
Conch. t. xix. f. C.; Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. 1150. no. : 
Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 109. t. lxii.; Chem. Conch. viii. t. lxxvi. 
f. 694, 695; Brug. Edinb. Encycl. t. elxx. f. 6,7; Poli, 
Test. ti. 186. t. xxx. f. 9-11; Pult. Cat. Dorset. 37. t. ii. 
f. 3; Donov. Brit. Shells, t. xxvi.; Mont. Test. Brit. 155; 
M. & R. Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 102; Flem. Edinb. En- 
eycl. vu. 99; Dill. Desc. Cat. 286; Turt. Conch. Diet. 2. 
Anomia Tunica Cepxe, De Costa, Brit. Conch. 165. t. ii. f. 3. 
This species is found abundantly in the Atlantic, European, 
Mediterranean and Adriatic seas; most commonly found in 
very deep water, adhering to stones, rocks and shells. 
2. ANoMIA SQUAMMULA. 
Shells with their valves suborbicular, flat, flexuous, subpel- 
lucid; the right valve with a round foramen, its inferior aspect 
with a fissure ; the epidermis white. 
Anomia Squammula, Linn. Faun. Suec. 2151; Syst. Nat. xii. 
J151. no. 221; Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 109; Gmel. Syst. 
Nat. 3340; Da Costa, Brit. Conch. 167; Walker, Test. 
Min. Rar. f. 80; Pult. Cat. Dorset. 37. t. xiii. f. 4; Poli, 
Test. ii. 188. t. xxx. f. 18; Mont. Test. Brit. 156, 561; 
Brug. Encycl. Vers. 70; M. §& R. Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 
103; Flem. Edinb. Encycl. vii. 99; Turt. Conch. Dict. 3. 
Anomia Ephippium junior, Dill. Desc. Cat. 286. 
3. ANOMIA ACULEATA. 
Shells with their valves rather rounded, thin, transparent 
and aculeated ; the middle of the left valve smooth and re- 
curved ; the epidermis pale fuscous or yellowish. Length and 
height half an inch. 
