PLATE C, 



SERPULA GRANULATA. 



GENERIC CHARACIER. 



Aoimal a terebella, or whimble worm. Shell tubular, adheres t© 

 other bodies, as shells, stones, &c. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell roundish, spiral, glomerate: three elevated ridges on the 

 upper side. 



Serpula Granulata : testa tereti spirall glomerata ; latere stipe- 

 riore sulcis tribus elevatis, Gmel. Sz/st. T. /. 

 J). 6. p. 3741. sp. 9. 



This singular species has not been before noticed as an English 

 Shell. We found it intermixed with Lepas Intertexta on the shell 

 of the common Lobster. Linnseus says it is found in the North Seas 

 in large masses, adhering to stones, and shells. 



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