PLATE VII. 



LEPAS ANATIFERA. 



ANATIFEROUS ACORN SHELL, 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal, triton. Shell of many unequal valves ; affixed by a stem. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell compressed, consists of five parts, affixed to a pedicle, or mem- 

 braneous tube. 



Lepas Anatifera, testa compressa qulnquevalvl laevl pedunculo 

 insidente. Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. Conch, p. 3211. 13. 

 Balanus Anatifera compressus quinquevalvis laevls, t\ibo seu coUe 

 membranaceo Insidente. Da CostUy Br. Conch, 

 253.72. tab. IS.fg. 3. 

 Concha quinquevalvis compressa, tubulo quodam lignls aut algze ma- 

 rinas adhzerens ; animal sui generis multis cirrhis 

 instructum continens, false dicta anatifera. Sibbald. 

 Miis. p. 170. No 2. 

 Lepas testa compressa basi membrana cylindricea. Fn. Suec. I. 



n. 1350. 

 Lepas Anatifera cum Tritone. Stalp. Obs. 2. p, 458, /. 15, Osb, 



it. 82. 

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