Se ed 
it, unlefs when off its gun, and then it may be ftruc 
the roc one dextro ow. he fle notin 
much efteem, though bisaettinet eaten, being very hard 
u 
fabins divides the haliotides into two diftin® genera, 
, the firft comprifing thofe 
wan er, in having the 
rent row of pores on one fide of the thell, the other, 
are deftitute of this: very effential diftinétion. This 
cannot but be pla is fol- 
. 
low fpire, and a row of Sipe in 
aperture ample, and longer than broad. 
Species. 
TupercunaTa. Shell fub-ovate, sed Pg oy gio! | 
grooved, ged and tuberctilated. n. Suec. ures 
marina, Ro ome. Patella gsi Fs Gefa, Ormier, Adanf, 
Common | ea-ear, Donov. 
af & rugged, more 
pet + nd .greyith, varied ir 
within pectbig plied a i grec 3 the erforations or ori- 
ces between hee eat in number, from four t 
of which are 
This fpecies, the ti one Bae at its genus found in the Euro- — 
pean feas, is moft abundant on the’ fhores of Southern Eu- 
rope, graduz 
shisppeam 
French ‘coats he ear-thell is very 
the ifles of Jerfey and Guernfey, from whence it 
gly 
more f{parin fed, and is even rarely feen ies Bri- 
tith fhores moft contiguous to thofe ifles ; it is not fuppofed 
to inhabit any ¢ ritith feas more to the northward, nor 
is it met with, we believe, i in any a ee eee lati des 
eties of this {pecies, the principal oat ailerons of Pic con con- 
fifts in the fize and colours with which the fhells are varie- 
gated. 
STRIATA. ‘Shell igre Leer ee viaiitiag's wrinkled, 
and longit ftriated. 
pareegit~ Afia and Barbary, ser ‘refembles the former, but 
is with the 
ted wrinkles more “; ubercu- 
colour ferru us red, or green potted with See 
ed. The orifices about thirty-cig 
af which four or pong are pervious. 
GIGANTEA. oval, rugged, varied with white 
and red fpotted ; within margaritaceous; {pire deprefled, 
“Native of New Holland ; the hell from four to fix inches 
and three inches and a half in breadth ; inner a with 
a aa the open orifices from three to 
Ins. Ii ventricofe; fine brown, with tranfer wrin- 
kles, oe tuberous plaits+ within i ridefeent. 
uhab sits New Zailina j the length four inches and a half; 
breadth three inches ; 3 oFifices fix. 
Shell ro roundith, with: Both fides polifhed. “Lif. 
ocr tis ay dite at ade 5 
: A Sri an ewe The fhell ‘ice, Ge 
ones tuberculated = 
= 
The fhell of wes aid is white, or yellowifh brown, cloud- 
ed with dirty green ; the fri elevated, curved parallel, and 
= coming larger aoe gs {pire ; orifices twenty or ben i 
ut ay of which are open ; the margin unequal. 
bits 
ATA. Shell oval, with longitudinal ftrize, obe 
foletely croffed by others in a “cite erfe direétion. Tie 
ed with brown and white, or brown white and green, . 
or brown, white, green, and red ; orifices about thirty, four 
or five of which are open. 
gig of Africa WM India, Length from two to four 
inch 
wae Mt. Shell {moothifh, oblong, with a fomewhat fale 
cated margin, and ie nerves on the outfide. ‘Linn. ~ 
About three inches marked on the outfide 
with fine longitudinal ee: the soloar white, n, and 
brown; the infide green and pearly ; the orifices elevated, 
oboe thirty, ee or feven of which are open ; the ay 
e granulated 
The {pecies habits India. 
Parva. Shell orate red, with :an eae, a on the 
—— part. 
Native of pep Ye and Indian feas; the fhell fomé= 
times yellowith, with Seaice ftriz, and a few tt 
p Pam ; orifices about thirty, about four or five of whic 
ee ee 7 : east, {potted with browns 
tranfverfe hei sdetatad 8 Ar double. Linn 
Shell with a pale purple fpot under the ‘pire, branching 
into arched rays of the fame down the back, the pe mar: 
becomes gin acute and finuous ; bay Avery's fix ya the 
fric 
open. Native of the 
Avsrrauis. Shell parlad with grey, blue “ih, tte 
ovate, convex, and cancellated; {pire prominent, 7 Ine 
flated. 
Length 
the infide of the thell red and ie 
ue ; orifices approxima 
pervious. Inhabits New Zealand 
Gurivrensis. Shell ovate, fub-convex, and folid, with 
at. 
fide margaritaceous, 
greeni 5 esac acute and ftraight ; orifices 
fix. of them — 
Shell ovate, fmoothith, folid, varied with 
aced 
5 orifices fix, open. 
roundith, varied with we: and 
of 
“ Shell « 
anulated, the pe eaeey 
the South 
tick w ddiose Sate ie inch ; colour oie fi 
