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Lin. Syjl. 1 150. No. 21S. Lift. Conch, lab. zo^fig. 38. Ephippium. 



70.Larqer. 



A. with the habit of an oyfter-, the one fide 

 convex, the other flat -, perforated, adherent to 

 other bodies, often to oyfter- fhells, by a ftrong 

 tendinous ligature -, coior of infide perlaceous. 



Size near two inches diameter. 



Tab. lxii. fhews the exterior fide of the {hell ; and 

 the interior of the upper valve adhering to an 

 oyfter. 



Lin. Syji. 1151. No. 221. Squammul*. 



71. Small, 



A." with {hells refembling the fcales of fifh \ 

 very delicate and filvery. Much flatted. Perfo- 

 rated. Very fmall. 



Adheres to oyfters 5 crabs, and lobfters, and 

 fhells. 



The fofiil fpecies of the Anomia genus are un- 

 commonly numerous in this ifland, in our chalk- 

 pits and limeftone-quarries ; but are foreign to the 

 work in hand. The reader v/ho wifhes to be 

 acquainted with their appearance, may fatisfy 

 himlelf, by confulting Lifter's Hiftory of Shells, 

 appendix to the 3d book, tab. 447, &c. and Hi ft. 

 an. Angl. tab. viii. and ix. Plot's Hid. Oxford/hire, 

 tab. iii. and his Hiftory of Staffordjbire? tab, xi. 



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