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WORMS. TESTACEA. 83. Haliotis. 



Guinernsis* Shell ovate, fubconvex, folid, with decuifate flrix. 



Schraet. Einl. in conch, 2. tab. 4, fig. j 8. 



Inhabits Guinea: 2— z\ inches long, 1 J— 2 broad. 



She/J dull green fpotted with white, chefnut towards the fpire, 

 fometimes varied with green red and white, the infide rec 

 and green pearl, with longitudinal curved equal ftriae and' 

 parallel tranfverfe ones by two's and three's ; margin acute, 

 ftraight : orifices flattened, 6 of them open. 



Imperforata Shell ovate, imperforate, with prickly ribs: fpire exferted, 

 Meufcben Naturf. 18. tab. 2. fig. 1 8. 18. e. 

 Cbemn, conch. 10 tab* 1 66, fig. 1600, 160 1. 

 Inhabits India, above an inch long ; extremely rare. 

 Shell cinereous, the middle fpines on the ribs ftronger: margin, 

 rather thin and acute. 



Perwrfa* Shell ovate, imperforate, the margin oblique above and] 

 tuberculate within : fpire contrary. 

 Martini n. Mannigf. 4. tab. 1. fig. 3. 

 Gualt, test. tab. 69. M ? 

 Found fomle : | of an inch long, 



\ broad. • 



Plicata. 



Shell tranfverfely plaited on the outfide, the margin broadj 

 thick and very finely ftriate longitudinally. 

 Schraet. Einl. in Verjl. 4. tab. 3. fig. 9. 

 Found fomle near Hildesia : \ of an inch long, \ broad. 

 Shell very much compreffed, with 3 or 4 whorls. 



Glabra* 



Shell ovate, fmoothifh, folid, varied with white and green 

 fpire placed low. 



Inhabits Cbemn conch IO. tab. 166, fig. 1602. 



Shell 2 inches and 5 lines long, an inch and 9 lines broad : inner 

 lip very broad : orifices 6, open : near the fpire a few tranfverfe 

 ftrise, and a few longitudinal ones behind the orifices. 



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Pulcherri- Shell roundifh, varied with rofy and white, with granulate 

 ma * itrias : fpire exferted. 



Chemn. conch. IO. tab. 166. fig. 1605, 1606, 

 Martyn unbuerf. conchol. 2. tab. 62. 

 Inhabits the South Sea IJlands : above 7 lines long. 

 Shell filvery within ; inner margin very broad : cuter-lip crenate-: 

 orifices 30, 6 of which are pervious. 



Virginea* Shell ovate with decuifate undulate ftriae, dull green with 

 whitifh fpots and bands j the under (ida tinning with 

 fine iridelcent colours. 



Chemn. 





