ANOMIA ANTIQUE LAMP. 187 



ANOMIA Ephippium.* 



WRINKLED ANOMIA. 



Specific Character. Shell suborbicular, irre- 

 gular, wrinkled, sinuous at the margin ; inside 

 pearly and iridescent ; colour yellow, reddish or 

 white : varies from two to three inches in dia- 

 meter. 



This shell belongs to the division still bearing 

 the name of Anomia. It adheres to other bodies 

 and particularly to oysters, and receives the im- 

 pression of the substances to which it is affixed, 

 its form being modelled by the circumstances 

 under which it adds to its size. Some specimens 

 have been taken from tJ^e Pecten Maximus exhi- 

 biting clearly the impression of its ribs. 



ANOMIA Psittacea.^ 



PARROT BEAK ANOMIA. 



Specific Character. Shell oval, horny, pel- 

 lucid; the beak much produced, curved, and 

 perforated, the hole subtriangular ; margin sinu- 

 ated, entire : surface finely striated longitudi- 

 nally ; colour is blackish, or greenish brown ; the 

 length is about three quarters of an inch and 

 exceeds the breadth. 



This shell belongs to the Terebratulse ; it in- 

 habits the Indian Sea, and Greenland. 



* Plate X. figure 1. t Plate IX. figure 10. 



