348 HALIOTIS. Class VI. 



GENUS XXX. HALIOTIS. 



AtfiMAL, a Slug. 



Shell of the shape of a human ear, with a row 



of orifices along the disk. 

 Spire near one end turned in. 



1. tuber- Lin. Syst. 1256. Gm. Lin. List. Angl. tab. iii. Jig. 16. 

 culata. 3 g 87# £i n , 7V. viii. 227. 



tuberculated. £ ^ Co „ ci tabm 6ll. Mont. Test. Br. 473. 



H. with a rough shell, the inside like mother- 

 of-pearl. 



Inhabits the sea near Guernsey ; also fre- 

 quently cast up on the southern shores of De- 

 vonshire. When living adheres to rocks. 



This was the teiras ay^a, the wild limpet, and 

 flaxxarrjov ovs, the sea ear, of Aristotle * 



Tab. xcL 



* Hist. An. lib. iv. c. 4. 



