144 SHELL S. Class VI. 



L**vis, Patella l&vis fufca. Lift, Conch, tab. 542* jig. 26. 



15 1. Smooth 



P. with a fmooth and glofiy tell, fomewhat de 

 prefled ; the apex inclining. 



Found on the fhores near Bamff. 



Tab. xc. fig. 151. 



Tijura. Lin. Sjfi. 1261. No. 778. lift. Conch, tab. 543. fg. 28. 



152. Slit. 



P. with a white fhell> of an elevated form, vertex 

 inclining ; elegantly ftriated and reticulated. Has 

 a remarkable flit in front. 



Inhabits the feas of the Weft of England. 



Tab. xc. fig. 152. 



Graca? l in% fya l2 £ 2m 2f . 7 g 0# Lift. Conch, tab. 527. Jig. 2. 



153. Stri- 

 ated, 



P. with an oblong fhell, perforated vertex, ftriated 

 roughly to the edges. 



Inhabits the Weft of England. 



Tab. lxxxix. fig. 153. 



This genus was called by the Greeks \ewx$ 9 and 

 is mentioned by Arifiotle and Athen^ns * ; who 

 acquaint us, that it was ufed for the table -, and alfo 



* ArifioU Hift. An. lib. iv. c. 4. dibenaus, lib. iii. /. 85. 



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