Class VI. SHELLS. 



inform us of its nature of adhering to rocks. Art- 

 ftophanes with much humour fpeaks of an old 

 woman who (luck as clofe to a young fellow as a 

 JLepas to a rock. 



Linnaeus has adopted the Latin name of Patella, 

 a fort of difh ; and has applied it (as fome other 

 modern writers have before) to this genus. 



us 



XXVIII. Its animal a Terebella. 

 A (lender tubiform (hell. 



DENTALIUM. 

 TOOTH-SHELI 



Lin. Syft. 1263. No. 786. Lift. Conch, tab. S^7'fS' 2 ' Eaun. Entalis* 

 Suec.N0.2zo1. 154.. Com- 



mon. 



D. with a {lender mell, a little bending. Pervious. 

 Length near an inch and a half. 

 Inhabits mod of our feas* 

 Tab. xc.j%. 154. 



XXIX. Its animal a Terebella. BERPVLA. 



Tubular (hell adhering- to other bodies. 



Lin. Syft. 1264.* No. 794. Faun. Suec. No. 2204* 



Spirorhis. 

 155*S?iral. 



S. with a fhell fpiral or wreathed, like the cornu 

 ammonis. 



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