ANOMIA. JNOMIA. 



Class VI, 



1. EPHIP- 

 PIUM. 



larger. 



GENUS XVI. ANOMIA. ANOMIA. 



Shell inequivalve. 



Valve one, perforated near the hinge; affixed 

 by that perforation to some other body. 



Lin. Syst. 1150. No. 218. 



Gm. Lin. 3340. 

 List. Conch, tab. 204. Jig. 38. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 102. 

 Mont. Test. Br. 155. 



A. with the habit of an oyster; the one side 

 convex, the other flat ; perforated, adherent to 

 other bodies, often to oyster-shells, by a strong 

 tendinous ligature ; color of inside perlaceous. 

 Size near two inches diameter. 



Tab. lxv. Jig. 1. Jig. 2. A. shews the exte- 

 rior side of the shell ; and the interior of the 

 upper valve adhering to an oyster. 



!. SQDA- 

 MULA. 



small. 



Lin. Syst. J 151. No. 221. 



Gm. Lin. 3341. 

 Lin. Tr. viii. 102. 



Mont. Test. Br. 156. ib. 

 561. 



A. with shells resembling the scales of fish; 

 very delicate and silvery; much flatted; per- 

 forated ; very small. 



