143 

 GEN. XIV. 



PECTEN. 



Animal a TETHYS. 



SHELL, bivalve, inequevalve, mod times ribbed or 

 ftriated longitudinally. 



Hinge, toothlcfs, with a fmall fub-triangular cavity ; 

 aurated. 



1. 

 Oftrea maxima. Lin. Syft. p. 1144. — GnieL Syfi. p. 3315. 1. Maximus. 



Pult. Cat. Dof/et. p. 35. 



C/'icm. Conch, vii. t 60. f. 585. 



Lifier Conch, t. 163. f. l.^Ib. An^. t.5. f,29. 



Do?i. Br. Shells u.t.-\9. — Turt. Lin. iv.p.258. 



Gmlt. t. 98. A. B.— t. 99. A. 

 Peflen maximus. Br. Zool No. 61. 

 Peften vulgaris. Da Cojia. p. 140. t. 9. f. 3. 3. 



P. with fourteen or fifteen rounded ribs, longitudinally 

 grooved, and wrought with very fine, tranfverfe (Irise: 

 upper valve flat, with a depreflion at the unibo ; colour 

 rufous; lower valve very convex, white, tinged with 



yellow ; 



