PLATE CXLI. 



MYTILUS RUGOSUS. 



RUGGED MUSCLE, 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



The hinge toothless, and consists of a longitudinal fuiro-Rr. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell rhombic oval, rugged, obtuse at the ends and antiquated. 



Mytilus RUGOSUS : testa rhomboideo-ovali rugosa obtusa antiquata. 



Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 1 156. No. 249. 

 Pholas noster, sive concha intra lapidem quendam cretaceum degens. 



List. H. An, Jngl. p. 1122. tit. 21. tab. 4. 

 /^. 21. 

 Mytilus parvus rhomboidea-ovalis, subalbescens, rugosus. RugosuSy 



Rugged, Da Costa Brit. Conch, p. 223. sp. 52. 



The Mytilus rugosus is ratlier a rare species on our coasts. Lister 

 notes it from Hartlepool in Durham, and Da Costa says on the coast 

 of Yorkshire, about Scarborough, Whitby, &c. It is found in incre- 

 dible abundance, niched or burrowed, in the rocks of lime-stone, &c. 



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