232 ANOMIA. JNOMIJ. Class VI. 



GENUS XVI. ANOMIA. ANOMIA. 



Shell inequivalve. 



Valve one, perforated near the hinge ; affixed 

 by that perforation to some other body. 



I. EPHIP- Lin. Sysi. 1150. No. 218. Lin. Tr. v'ni. 102. 



PIUM. (5^_ 2:in. 3340. Mont. Test. Br. 153. 



IdTfTpT 



" ' List. Conch, tab. QQ^. Jig. 3^. 



A. with tlie habit of an oyster; the one side 

 convex, the other flat ; perforated, adherent to 

 other bodies, often to oyster-shells, by a strong 

 tendinous ligature ; color of inside perlaceous. 

 Size near two inches diameter. 



Tab. \kv. Jig. \. Jig. 2. A. shews the exte- 

 rior side of the shell ; and the interior of the 

 upper valve adhering to an oyster. 



'. SQUA- 



Lin. Syst. 1131. No. 221. 



Mont. Test. Br. 



156. 



il. 



MDLA. 



small. 



Gm. Lin. 3341. 

 Lin. Tr. viii. 102. 



5Gl. 







A. with shells resembling the scales of fish ; 

 very delicate and silvery ; much flatted j per- 

 forated ; very small. 



