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GEN. XVII. 



MYTILUS. 



Animal allied to a?i ASCIDIA. 



SHELL, bivalve; in fome fpecies affixed by a thick 

 filky hyjfas. 



Hinge without teeth, marked by a longitudinal furrow : 

 in fome fpecies crenulated. 



1. 



Mytilus edulis. Lin. Syfl. p. 1157. Edulis. 



Gmel. 'Syft. p 3353. 11. 



Chem. Conch, viii. t. 84. f. 750. 751- 



Liji. Conch, t.362. f.200.— M Ang.t.A.L2'i 



Br. Zool. No. 12.— Turt. Lin. iv. p. 291. 



Pult. Cat. Dorfet. p. 33. 



Lin. Trans, vi. t. IS. f. 13. 14. (fVooiI.) 



Giialt. t. 91. E. 

 Mytilus vulgaris. Da Cojia. p. 216. t. 15. f. 5. 



M. with an oblong (liell, fomewhat pointed at the beak; 

 fides very much Hoped; anterior fide a little angrslated ; 

 poflerior rather indented: colour blackifli-blue, covered 



with 



