PLATE XLVr. 



SOLEN SILIQUA. 



LARGE or POD SOLEN. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bivalve, with equal valves, oblong, open at both en;ls. At the 

 hinge a subulated tooth turned back, often double ; not inserted in 

 the opposite shell. Animal an Ascidia. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell strait, equally broad, and compressed. Tlie hinge beset with 

 two teeth in each valve. 



SoLEN SiLiQUA : testa lineari recta cardine altero bidentato. Linn. 



Syst. Nat. p. 1113. No. 3-i:—Fn. Sv. 2. No. 



2131. 

 Solen, laevis, albidus, candidus, ex fusco &: subroseo colore variegatus 



at fasciatus. Gualt. 1. Conch, tab. 95. fig. C. 

 Concha fusca, longissima, angustissimaque, musculo ad cardinem 



nigro, quibusdam solen dicta. List. H. An. 



A7igl. p. 192. tit. 37. tab. 5. Jig. 37. — App. //, 



An. Angl. p. 19. — App. H. An. Angl. Goedarty 



p. 33. 



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