

PECTEN. SCALLOP. Class VI. 



11. SUBAU- 

 RICULATUS. 



Pecten subauriculatus. Mont. Test. Br. Sup. 63. t. 2Q.f. 2. 



* P. with an ovate, oblong, white pellucid shell, 

 stride numerous, longitudinal, of equal valves 

 and equal sides, with small auricles ; the mar- 

 gin slightly arcuated ; length a quarter of an 

 inch, breadth an eighth of an inch. 

 Taken with the last, in deep water. 



12. similis. Mem. Wem. Soc. 387- t. 8. /. 8. 



* P. so named from its resemblance to P. lavis; 

 a thin semitransparent shell, with unequal ears 

 of a compressed globose form, perfectly smooth 

 and beautifully clouded with brown. N. Bri- 

 tain. 



