62 RusseWs Familiar Notice of some of the 



severe indisposition being recorded from partaking, under such 

 circumstances. Rather a pretty shell. 



Brown's Zool. Text Book, pi. Ixxxviii., fig. 16. Ibid, Conchol. 

 Text Book, pi. xv., fig. 16. 



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MYTILUS PELLUCIDUS. Latin. Pellucid, transparent. 



Pellucid Muscle. 



Described as a species, but in reality a variety of the preced- 

 ing. Very beautiful and very various. . Sometimes clear amber : 

 or with a few delicate lines, or purple with violet stripes, or white 

 with blue stripes. Found with Mytilus edulis. 



Figured in " Letters to a Young Naturalist," p. 226, fig. 26. b. 

 Pennant's British Zoology, vol. v, plate 66. 

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PEC TEN. Latin. A comb, (some have longitudinal ribs like 



comb teeth.) 



MAGELLANICUS. Lamarck. (Supposed to have belonged to 

 straits of Magellan.) 

 Magellan Pecten. 



A very fine and large Pecten, abundant at Eastport, Maine, 

 a native on that shore. Epidermis, light brown, within dingy- 

 white. 



Occasionally found on our shores. A single valve very much 

 worn, I picked up near Winter Island, several years ago, and 

 another, in possession of J. True, was gathered by him on the 

 Lynn Beach. 

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ANOMIA. Greek. Anomalous. 

 EPHIPPIUM, L. Horse foot Jlnomia. 



Shell thin, paper-like, grey, one valve convex, the other plane, 

 at the upper edge of which is a circular hole : (curious ) 

 Occasionally met with on the beaches of Essex Co. 

 Blainville's Manuel, plate lix., fig. 3. 

 Bosc. Coquilles, vol. ii, plate xxx., fig. 1. 

 Letters to a Young Naturalist, p. 223, fig. xxiv. 6. 

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