Class VI. SOLEN. RAZOR-SHELL, 171 



GENUS VI. SOLEN. RAZOR-SHELL, 



Animal, an Ascidia. 



Shell oblong, open at both ends. 



Tooth, a subulated, at the hinge, turned back, 



often double ; not inserted in the opposite 



shell. 



Lin. Syst. 1113. Gm. Lin. 



List. Conch, tab. 40g. 



1. SILIQUA. 



■ 3223. Faun. Suec. No. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 43. 



pod. 



2131. Lisi. Angl. tah. v. 



Mont. Test. Br. 46. 





M- 37. 







S. with a strait shell, equally broad, com- 

 pressed, with a double tooth at the hinge, 

 receiving another opposite ; and on one side 

 another tooth sharp pointed, and directed down- 

 wards. Color olive, with a conoid mark of an 

 ash color, dividing the shells diagonally; one 

 part striated lengthways, the other transversely. 

 Breadth usually five or six inches, sometimes 

 nine. Tab. xlviii. Jig. 1 . 



Lin. Sy 



St. 1113. Gm. 



Lin. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 42. 



2. VAGINA, 



3223. 



List. Conch. 



tah. 



Mont. Test. Br. 48. 



sheath. 



410. 











S. with a shell nearly cylindrical, one end mar- 

 ginated ; the hinge consisting of a single tooth 



