PLATE CXXVIII. 

 FIG. 1. 1. • 

 MYTILUS EDULIS. 



COMMON MUSCLE^ 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



The hinge toothless, and consists of a longitudinal f(jrrovv> 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER , 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell smoothish, violet ; valves slightly carinated in front, retus^ 

 behind : beaks pointed. 



MytilI8I edulis : testa laeviuscula violacea: valvis anterius suly» 

 carinatis posterius retusis, natibus acuminatis, 

 Fn. Seuc, 2156. Gmtl. Linn. Sj/sL Nat. T. /. 

 p. 6. p. 3353. Sp. 11. 



Mytilus vulgaris. Musculus vulgaris sublaevls ex caeruleo niger. 

 Common Muscle. Da Costa Brit. Conch, 

 p. 216. fp. 48. 



Mytilus Edulis, Edible, Fen7i. Brit. Zoo!. T. 4. p. IIO. fp, 73, 



£ 4> 



