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BRACHIOPODA. 



Morrisia anomioides. 

 Fig. 17. Fig. 18. 



Fig. 17. — Interior of the dorsal valve with the animal: o. the orange-coloured 

 ovaries. 

 Fig. 18. — Ditto showing the loop : c. oral processes ; /. foramen. 



1. Morrisia anomioides. 



Shell minute, circular, depressed, smooth, olive-green, trans- 

 lucent ; foramen large and round, encroaching equally on both 

 valves ; area of ventral valve chiefly occupied by the foramen ; 

 deltidia rucHmentary ; dorsal valve deeply notched at the umbo ; 

 loop consisting of two simple plates {crura) attached to the sides 

 of the umbonal notch, and to a central, bifurcated process. Lou. 



1, lat. \^, alt. 5 line (lat. 3 lines, Forbes) (figs. 17, 18). 



Terebratula anomioides, Scacchi. 



Philippi, Moll. Sicil. ii. p. 69. t. 18. f. 9. 1844. 

 Terebratula appressa, Forbes, 1844, Brit. Assoc. Report on Egeaii 



Moll. p. 167, 193 (read 1843). 

 Morrisia seminulum, Dav. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1852, p. 371 (not 



Ter. seminulum, Phil.). 

 Morrisia anomioides, Dav. 1852, Proc. Zool. Sac. p. . pi. . 



f. 29. 

 Hab. Mediterranean, at 95 fathoms. 



2. Morrisia lunifera. 



Shell minute, subcordate, compressed, front margin slightly 

 indented ; area moderate ; internal skeleton consisting of a semi- 

 lunar plate in the centre of the dorsal valve. Lon. and lat. 1 i 

 line. 



Terebratula lunifera, Philippi, 1836, Moll. Sicil. i. p. 97. t. 6. 



f. 16 (not Sow.). 

 Orthis lunifera, Philippi, Moll. Sicil. ii. p. 69. 

 Argiope Forbesii (syn.), Dav. Ann. Nat. Hist. May 1852, p. 373. 

 Hab. Meditenanean. 



