ANOMIA ANTIQUE LAMP. 187 



ANOMIA EpUppium.* 



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 

 diameter. 



This shell belongs to the division still bearing 

 the name of Anomia. It adheres to other 

 bodies, and particularly oysters, and receives 

 the impression of the substances to which it is 

 affixed, its form being modelled by the circum- 

 stances under which it adds to its size. Some 

 specimens have been taken from the Pecten 

 Maxim us exhibiting clearly the impression of 

 its ribs. 



ANOMIA Psittacea. f 



PARROT BEAK ANOMIA. 



Specific Character. Shell oval, horny, pel- 

 lucid; the beak much produced, curved, and 

 perforated, the hole sub triangular ; margin sinu- 

 ated, entire; surface finely striated longitudi- 

 nally ; colour is blackish, or greenish brown ; 

 length about three quarters of an inch, exceeding 

 the breadth. 



This shell belongs to the Terebratulae : it in- 

 habits the Indian Sea, and Greenland. 



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



