172 SOLEN. RAZOR-SHELL. Class VI. 



in each shell placed opposite. Shell yellow, 

 marked much like the former; usually about 

 five or six inches broad. 7'ab. xlix. ^g. 1 . 

 Inhabits Red Wharf, Anglesey. "^ 



5. NOVA- 

 CULA. 



Li7i. Tr. viil. 44. 



Monl. Test. Br. 47- 



* S. with a strait shell somewhat compressed; 

 single bent hinged-tooth in each valve; has 

 much the appearance of the S. Siliqua, but the 

 teeth turn conti'ary ways, and when closed, 

 clasp into each other. 



Found near Llaugharne, Caermarthenshire.^ 

 by Mr. Montagu. 



4. ENSis. Lin. Syst. J 114. Gm. Lin. 

 scymeter, 2,224:. List. Angl. App. tab. 



ii. Jig. Q. List. Conch, tab. 



411. 



Lin. Tr. vlii. 44. 

 Mont. Test. Br. 48. 



S. with a shell bending like a scymeter, with 

 hinges like those of the Siliqua; and colored 

 and marked like it. The shell thin, and round- 

 ed at each end. Usual breadth four or five 

 inches. Tab. xlviii. fig. 2. 



* First noticed by the reverend Hugh Davies. Ed. 



