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WORMS. TESTACEA. 67. Anoiriia; 1 



67. ANOMIA. Animal an emarginate ci& 

 ate itrap-fhaped body, with briftles or 

 fringe affixed to the upper-valve; arms 

 2, linear longer than the body, connivent 

 projecting, alternate on the valve and 

 eihate £aeh fide, the fringe affixed to 

 each valve; Jhell bivalve, inequivalve 

 one of the valves flattifh, the other oib. 

 Boris at the bale with a produced beak, 

 generally curved over the hinge ; one of 

 the valves often perforated near the bale: 

 hinge with a linear prominent cicatrix 

 and a lateral tooth placed within, but iq 

 the flat valve on the very margin: 2 bo* 

 ny rays for the bafe of the animal. 



CranhlarU Shell orbicular, the gibbous valve conico-convex, the ftaj 

 valve with 3 hollows at the bafe. 

 Retz. Sc.hr. berl. Naturf. 2, tab. l.fig. 2, 3* 

 Ch'emn: conch. 8. tab. 76. fig. 687. a, b. 

 2. Chemn* conch. 8. tab. 76. fig. 688. a, b. 



Inhabits^ the Mediterranean Seas and Philippine IJlandsi and is 

 fomenmes found foilile; about an inch long and | of an inch 

 broad .- whitifh ; the lower-valve thicker, within are 3 frfiootnl 

 tubercles. 



* Pcclinata SheI1 oblong with branched grooves, the gibbous valve with! 

 ^ 2 hollows behind. 

 y 1 Chemn. conch. 8. tab. 76. fig. 689, 690. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean, and is often found foffile : about an 

 inch long and f broad : flat valve perforated, the other rough 

 with longitudinal fcaly ibis which are here and there bifid, 



•Ephippium Shell roundifh pellucid with wrinkled plaits; the flat valve i 

 perforated. 

 Donovans Brit. Shells. \. tab. 26.- 

 Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. tab. 62. 

 Da Cofia Brit, conch, tab. 11. fig. 3 J 

 Bonan. recr. 2. fig. 56, Muf. kircb. a fig. 55. 

 Ghalt. Teft. tab. 97. B. Lifter, tab. zo^.fig. 38. 

 Ginannadr. 1. tab. 1.7 * jig* 172. Bar but. t. lO,f t $., 

 Argenv. conch, tab. 1 9. fig. C. 

 Chemn* conch. 8, tab. jb,fig* 692, 693. 



Inhabits 



