PLATE. V. 



ttALIOTIS TUBERCULATA. 



TUBERCULATED SEA EAR, 

 GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Animal a slug. Shell univalve, dilated, or flat, almost open a row 

 of orifices its length, spire near one end turned in, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Oblong-oval. Outside furrowed transversely, rugged, tuberculated. 



Haliotis Tuberculata, testa subovata, dorso transversim rugoso 



tuberculato. Gmel. — Linn. Sj/st. Nat. Cotk/i. p. 



3687. sp. 2. 

 Auris marina, major profunde sulcata, magis depressa, fusco colore 



obsita, intus argentea. Gualt. hid. Conch, tab. 69. Jig. 1. 

 Auris marina quibusdam : Patelli fera Rondoletii, X£<n:as aiysioc Aristo- 



telis ; Mother of Pearl, Anglice. List. H. An, Angl. 



p. 167. tit. 16. tab. 2>.fg. 16. 

 Tuberculated Sea Ear. Pennant Br.Zool. No. 144. tab. SS. Jig. 144. 

 Haliotis Vulgaris. Common Sea Ear. Da Costa^ Br, Conch, p, 15. 



pi. 2. fig. 1,2. 



Pennant says this species is frequently cast upon the southern coast 

 of Devonshire. It is common on the eastern coast of Sussex; and 

 on the coast of the isle of Guernsey. — It adheres like limpets, to the 

 rocks, when living. 



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