Class VI. LEPAS. ACORN-SHELL. 



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L. Lin. Syst. 1108. Gm. Lin. 

 3207. Faun. Suec. No. 2123. 

 List. Angl. tab. v. Jig. 41. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 23. 

 2MW. TVs*. Br. 7. 



* L. with six unequal valves, conoid, truncated, 

 sulcated, smooth ; operculum obtuse ; at each 

 of the ends of the lower divisions of the opercu- 

 lum there is a groove and process, which unite 

 with a similar groove and process in each cor- 

 responding part of the upper division; the 

 transverse stria, on the upper pair are plain, or 

 not striated ; an unerring character by which it 

 may be distinguished from L. Balanus ; size 

 at the base from one quarter to six-eighths of an 

 inch, height from a quarter to half an inch. 

 Adheres to the same bodies. Tab. xl.Jig. 2. 



2. BALA- 

 NOIDES. 



sulcated. 



Lepas Cornubiensis. Ellis Ph. 



Tr. 1758. tab. xxxiv. Jig. 



16. 

 Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall. 



Lepas punctata. Lin. Tr. viii. 3. corniiei- 

 24 # J ENSIS. 



cornish. 

 Balanuspunctatus. Mont. Test. 



Br. 8. t. 1./.5.J 



L. in form of a limpet, with a dilated bottom, 

 and rather narrow aperture ; the shell sulcated 

 near the lower edges ; lids obtuse. Diameter 

 a quarter of an inch. Tab. xl.j%*. 3. 



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