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tella, to rocks nearly on a level with the sea; and dur- 

 ing the fine summer nights it wanders to feed on the 

 herbaceous plants that grow near the shore. 



This genus, in the writer's opinion, much wants a 

 better classification of its species in their natural prox- 

 imities. 



Haliotis Midee 



Haliotis asinina 















tubifera 





• lamellosa 



excavata 





• unilateral is 



australis 





• rugosa 



tuberculata 





canaliculata 



striata 





tricostalis 



Haliotis dubia. 





t^^ TORNATELLA. 



VOLUTA SOLIDULA. LilUKEUS. 



Mart.% t.43,f. 440, 44 1. 

 Th e Tornatellae are convolute and marine shells, which 

 Lamarck in the first instance mistook for, and classed 

 with the G. Auricula, on account of the plaits or callosi- 

 ties on the columella: but besides the difference of their 



