CYPR.EA. GOWRIE, Class VI. 



GENUS XX. CYPR^A. GOWRIE. 



Animal, a Slug. 



Shell sub-oval, blunt at each end. 

 Aperture the length of the shell, longitudinalj 

 linear; toothed. 



a. PEDicu- Lin. Sijst. 1180. No. 364. Lin. Tr. \ in. 120. 



^"3. Gm. Li7i. 3418. C. arctica. Mont. Test. Br» 



List. Angl. tab. in- Jig- 17- 201. id. Stip. 88. 



Conch, tab. 706, 707- Jig. 

 ' 56 and 57. 



C. with numerous sttiiT, some bifurcated. Va- 

 ries with having three brown spots on the back. 

 Tab. Ixxiii. Jig. 1. 



BULLATA. Lin. Tr. viii. 121. 3Iont. Test. Br. 202. t. 6. 



* C. with a smooth subglobose shell ; smaller 

 than the preceding. Inhabits the sea near Te?i- 

 bi/, and in Devonshire. 



This genus is called Cijpra;a, and Venerea, 

 from its being peculiarly dedicated to Venus ; 

 who was said to have endowed a shell of this 



