Class VI. MYTILUS. MUSSEL. 237 



a village in that county. They are taken out 

 of the sea, and placed in the river IFeir, within 

 reach of the tide, where they grow very fat and 

 delicious. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 106. (. 3. /. 7- Motit. Test. Br. l60. 4. incur- 



VATUS. 



M. very crooked on the side, near the end ; 

 then greatly dilated, and covered with a thick 

 rough epiderviis. Within has a violet tinge. 



Found on the coast of Anglesey, near Priest- 

 holme ; usually an inch and an half long. Tab, 

 Ixvii. fig. 1 . 



crooked. 



Lin. Tr. viii. lOJ. 



Mont. Test. Br. l60. 



5. PELLUCl 

 DUS. 



pelhicid. 



M. with a delicate transparent shell, most ele- 

 gantly rayed lengtlnvays, with purple and blue ; 

 like the former in shape, but more oval. Com- 

 monly shorter than two inches. 



Anglesey. Found sometimes in oyster-beds ; 

 sometimes in trawling over slutchy bottoms. 

 Tab. Ixvi. fg. 3. 



