lOi 



rcau!lj\tl Shdls. 



found on almost any part of tlio coast v^liere tlie 

 water-line is margined witli a sandy ridge. The 

 eliclls arc generally about two inches long, of various 





colours, clouded, speckled, and marked wltli about 

 twelve ribs. There is a foreign species called the 

 rioundcr Scallop (P. ijlcuronecten), which is remark- 

 able for having tho two valves of the shell of 

 dilferent colours, the upper one being of a rich 

 reddish brown, and the lower one uhite. The 

 specific name has reference to this, being com- 

 pounded of the Latin yJcura, something double, and 

 niccto, to join. The fish called the Flounder is 

 brown above and white beneath ; hence the English 

 name of this shell. The preceding engraving of the 

 Common Scallop, viewed from the front, shows tho 



