Class VI. PHOLAS. PIERCE-STONE. 157 



and an half; length near an inch. Tab. xlii. 



Gm. Lin. 3215. ' 3Ion(. Test. Br. 26. 3. STRIATA, 



Lin. Tr. viii. 32. 



* Ph. with a shell somewhat oval, striated in 

 many various directions ; length half an inch, 

 breadth three quarters. 



Probably not a native of our shores. 



Ph. Lin. Syst. 1111. G»u 



Faun. Suec. No. 2125. 



4. CRIS 



Lin. 32 16. Soleu crispus. 

 ib. 3228. List. Angl. tab. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 32. 

 Mont. Test. Br. 23. 



PATA. 



curled. 



y.Jig. 38. 







Ph. with a strong oval shell ; the half next to 

 the hinge waved and striated ; tooth large and 

 strong ; breadth three inches and a half ; length 

 one inch and three quarters. Tab. xliii.^^. 1. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 33. 3Iont. Test. Br. 22. t. \.f. 7. 8. 5. PARVA. 



little. 



Ph. with a shell thinner than the former; and 

 the tooth very slender and oblique -, in exter- 

 nals resembling the preceding, only never found 

 larger than a hazel nut. Tab. xliii. jig. 2. 



This genus takes its name from ^ujXs-m, to 

 lurk in cavities. A shell of the name of pholls 



