Class VI. SHELLS. u 5 



I faw fpecimens of fome vaft Pinna, found bgens. 

 amons; the farther Hebrides ', in the collection of 

 Doctor Walker, at Moffat. They were very rugged 

 on the outfide, but I cannot recollect whether they 

 were of the kind found in the Mediterranean or Weft 

 Indies. 



Div. III. Univalve Shells 

 "With a regular fpire. 



XVII. Its animal a Slug. CTPRjEA, 



Shell fub-oval, blunt at each end. GOWRIE; 



The aperture the length of the fhell, lon- 

 gitudinal, linear. Toothed. 



Lin. Syft. 1 1 80. No. 364. Lift. AngL tab. iii. Jig. 17. Conch. Pediculus. 

 tab. 706, 707. Jig. 56 and 57. g2 » Com- 



mon, 



C. with numerous flrise, fome bifurcated. Varies* 

 with having three brown fpots on the back. 



Tab. lxx. Jig. 82. 



This genus is called Cypr^r, and Venerea, from 

 its being peculiarly dedicated to Venus \ who was 

 faid to have endowed a (hell of this genus with the 



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