7* 



SHELLS. 



Class VL 



Laws. Ch. with eight valves; quite fmooth, with a lon- 



3. Smooth. .... . . , ,. .' .. , 



gitudinal mark along the back ; a little elevated, 



Size cf a wood-loufe. Tab. xxxvi. fig. 3. 



Inhabits the fhores of Loch Broom in Weft Rofs- 

 Jbire. 



The inhabitant of this fhell is a fpecies of the 

 Doris, 



The name Chiton^ taken from ^jtw*, Lorica, a 

 coat of mail. 



LEPJS. 

 ACORN. 



II. Its animal the Triton. 



The fhell multivalve, unequal, fixed by a 

 Item : or feflil. 



Balanus. Lepas. Lin. Syft. lioy. Faun, Suec. No. 2122. 



4. Common. Common Englijh Barnacle. Ellis Ph. Tr. 1758. Tab. xxxiv. 

 fig- I 7* 



L. of a conoid form, fmooth, and brittle \ the lid 

 or operculum fharp pointed. 



Found adhering to rocks, oyfiers, and mell-fiili 

 of various forts. Tab. xxxvii. fig. 4. 



Balanoides. L. Lin. Syft. 110S. Faun. Suec. No. 21,23. Lift. Angl, tab. v. 



5. SULCAT- fig. -J.I. 



£D. 



L. with flrong fulcated fhell s \ aperture fmaller in 



proportion than the former. 



Adheres 



