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dicular furrowed line, as in the spe- 

 cies of Perna. The first family is 

 again subdivided into three sections : 

 j valves sequilateral, and ears equal ; 

 ttears unequal, and havintr one of thera 

 generally ciliated with spires within; 

 ttfvalves gibbous on one side. 



Habitation. The Ostrea have only 

 been found in the ocean ; some lurk 

 in the sand in large beds, others ad- 

 here to rocks, and some to trees on 

 the shores of the West Indies, &c. 



The Ostrea might with great pro- 

 priety be divided into two species, 

 scallops and oysters, as those sections 

 are very dissimilar. 



The French Naturalists have formed 

 this genus into seven : Ostrea, PeC" 

 ten. Malleus, Perna, Lima, Pedum, 

 and Gryphus, 



In Turton's Linne 137 species are 

 described ; nine species are found in 

 the British seas. 



