170 WORMS. TESTACEA. 54. Lcpas. 



Inhabits the Coaft of Chili ; hardly an inch long: the 2 larger 

 valves refemble a parrot's bill : flejli white tender and very 

 palatable. 



Minor. Shell reddifh, 6-valved, unequal : lid jointed. 



Inhabits India* Chemn, Conch. 8. tab. gj./ig. 827. 



Shell marked with tranfverfe curved lines dotted with white* 



Verruca. Shell hemifphxrical, ferrate, 6-valved; the 4 outer valve 

 and lid plaited. 

 Spengler Naturf. \.p. IOI. tab, 5. fig. 1—9. 

 Straem. Act. Hafn. 10. /, 6. tab, 3.//P. 1—9. 

 Inhabits Nort h Seas; affixed to the Oilrea iflandica and others; 

 fmall. 



Angujlata. Shell elongated, fmooth, 6-valved : the aperture narrow: lid 

 very minute. 

 Bonan- recr. et. Muf. Kirch. l.fg- 15* 

 Chemn. Conch. 8. tab. 98. fig. 835. 



Inhabits Valves with a groove at the point of conjunction; 



fometimes ftriate with red and white. 



Poro/a. Shell granulate ftriate conic tubular; the lid obtufe. 

 Schrat. Journ. 4. tab. 2. fg. 6. a, b. 

 Chemn. Conch. 8. tab. 9%-fg. 836. 

 2. Larger and broad, Klein Oflr. tab, iz.fg.q6. 

 Lifer Conch, tab. 242. fg. 284. 



Inhabits India : when frefh it is green on the outfide, but after- 

 wards becomes black above and white beneath. 



Llongata. SHell cylindrical fnowy pellucid 6-valved and cleft above: 

 lid obtufe grooved and tranfverfely ftriate. 



Chemn. Conch. 8. tab. 9%.fg. 838. 



Chemn. Schr. Naturf 5. tab. $.fg, 2, 



Schrcet. Journ. 4. tab. 2. fg. 2. 



Inhabits Iceland; a very rare fpecies : hardly 5 lines broad and 

 above 3 inches long ; tranfverfely annulate and knotty heie 

 and there beneath. 



Patellars. Shell 6-valved ; outwardly violet mixed with white, and 

 marked with fine longitudinal itrix : within falcate: 

 valves denticulate at the margin. 



Spengler Schr. Naturf. 5. tab. 5 .fg. 4. 



Chemn. Lonch, 8, tab. 98. fg. 839. 



Inhabits Coromandel; a very rare fpecies. 



Teeth of the vafats alternately mferted in each othtfr. 



Spinof 



a, 



