354 



PATELLA. LIMPET. Class VI. 



33. GR^CA. Lin. Si/st. 1262. No. 780. 

 siriated. q^^ ^-^^ g^^g^ 



14. APER- 

 TURA. 



List. Conch, tab. b'^'J.Jig, 



2. 

 Lin. Tt. viii. 236. 



P. with an oblong shell, perforated vertex, stri- 

 ated roughly to the edges. 



Inhabits the west of England. Tab. xcii, 

 fig' 3. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 236. 



Mont. Test. Br. 491. t. 13. 

 /. 10. id. Sup. 155. 



* P. with a somewhat conic shell, ribbed length- 

 ways ; top perforated, bent ; minute. 



Pound in the sand near Falmouth, and at 

 Salcojnbe bay, Devonshire. 



This genus was called by the Greeks >£itci;, 

 and is mentioned by Aristotle and Athen<£iis ;* 

 who acquaint us, that it was used for the table; 

 and also inform us of its nature of adhering to 

 rocks. Aristophanes, with much humour, speaks 

 of an old woman who stuck as close to a young 

 fellow, as a Lepas to a rock. Linnceus has 

 adopted the Latin name of Patella, a sort of 

 dish ; and has applied it (as some other modern 

 writers have before) to this genus. 



Ariitot. Hist. An. lib. iv. c. 4. Alhenaus, lib. 'in. p. 85. 



