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THE MOLLUSCA OF DORSETSHIRE. 
Class CEPHALOPODA. 
Order DIBRANCHIATA. 
Sub-order Decapopa. 
SEPIIDA. 
SEPIA, Z., 1758. 
S. officinalis, Z. 
Very common around our coasts, occasionaliy cast up on the 
shore, seldom taken alge ; the well-known depressed, ovate- 
oblong shell often seen on the sandy shore. Scarce in the 
north, very abundant in the Mediterranean. 
Weymouth, Smallmouth sands, J. C. M.-P. 
Studland Bay sands, J. C. M.-P. 
LOLIGO, Zamarck, 1801. 
L. media, ZL. 
This squid is only about four inches long, with a body taper- 
ing to a point, flesh colour, with numerous reddish spots, 
transparent. 
Kimmeridge Bay ; dredged alive and cast up on the shore, 
J, C. M.-P. 
