PLATE CXLVIII. 

 LEPAS TINTINNABULUM. 



BELL ACORN SHELL, 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal Triton. Shell of many valves, affixed by a stem or 



broad base. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell conic, obtuse, rugged and fixed. 



LePas Tintinnabulum : testa, conica, obtusa, rugosa fixa. Mus. 



Lud. Ulr. 466.71. 3. 

 Balanus major angustus purpurascens, capitis apertura valde patente. 



List. H. Conch, tab. 433. fig. 285. 

 Balanus major. The conic centre shell. Grew. Mus. p. 148. 

 Balanus maximus ore patulo. Mus. Petiv. p. 82. No. 803. 

 B. tintinnabuliformis et B. calyciformis orientalis. Phil. Trans. 



1758. p. 11. tab. 34. fig. 8, 9. 

 B. ore hiante magnus. Borlase. Com. p. 27. 

 Gland de Mer clochette, D'Avila Cab. p. 404. No. 922. 

 Balanus Tintinnabulum Bell. B. major purpurascens, co- 



nicus, angustus tintinnabuliformis, apertura valde 



patente. Da Costa Brit. Conch, p. 250. sp. 70. 

 Balanus Tintinnabulum Bell. Penn. Brit. Zool. T. 4. No. 8. 



