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Ostrea — continued. 



callifera. . ovato-rotund, a thick callus near the base ; rather 



eared, excavated internally. . Rocquencourt. 

 0. hippopus, Annales du Mus. 

 brevialis. . rotundato-trigonal, base rather pointed, very thick ; 



ligamental canal produced, apex bowed on one side, . 



3 inches. 

 scalarina. . oblong, reduced toward the base, with transverse, 



bowed, rather distant, step-like rugae. . 2 inches. 

 edulina. . reduced at the base, with imbricating, undulating la- 

 mellae, upper valve flat. 

 hellovacina. . oblongo-cuneated, rounded upwards ; larger valve 



grooved at the base radiatedly. 

 multilamellata. . oblong, apex dilated, rather bowed, thick ; with 



numerous imbricated, depressed lamellse. . 3| inches. 

 linguatula. . ovato-spathulated, oblique, rather flat; lower valve 



rostrated. 

 crejiulafa. . o\a\, depressed, slightly lamellated, crenulated ; 



chiefly on the inner margin. . size of 0. ediilis. 

 cucuUaris. . cuneato-spathulate, base rostrated. 



0. cochlearia, Annales du Mus. 

 vesicularis. . semiglobose, base retuse, smooth ; lower valve ven- 



tricose ; upper plano-concave. . Meudon. 

 biauriculata. . semiglobose, base truncated, biauriculated ; lower 



valve very ventricose ; upper valve flat, operculiform. . 



2f inches. 

 obliqua. . obliquely ovate, smooth ; lower valve ventricose ; 



upper valve flat ; hinge very short. 

 lingularis. . elongate, sublinear, flat, narrow towards the base, 



lamellse compact. . 2 inches. . Mons. 

 squama. . ovato-trigonal, flat, but rounded upwards ; concentric 



transverse rugse ; with internally decumbent cylindraceous 



tubercles. . size of a finger nail. 

 anomialis . . suborbicular, thin, smooth, convex beneath, up- 

 wards flatter. 

 pseudo-chama. . irregularly orbiculate, ligamental pit narrow, 



very oblique. . 2 inches. 

 cyathula. . suborbiculate, with imbricated lamellse, lower valve 



concave, margin crenulated. . 1 j inch. 

 deformis. . deformed, subdepressed on one side, very irregular, 

 uncinata. . semiorbiculate, hooked, depressed ; a lamellous sinus 



on one side. 



Vulsella. 



deperdita . . oblong, sublingulate, convexo-depressed ; striae 

 transverse, concentric ; base retuse. . Grignon, 



Placuna. 



pectinoides. . obliquely trigonal, flat upwards ; radiated with 

 costellse, a little convex beneath. 



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