104 Beautiful Shells. 



found on almost any part of the coast where tie 

 water-line is margined with a sandy ridge. The 

 shells are generally about two inches long, of various 



COMMON SCALLOP. 



colours, clouded, speckled, and marked with about 

 twelve ribs. There is a foreign species called the 

 Flounder Scallop (P. pleuronectes), which is remark- 

 able for having the two valves of the shell of 

 different colours, the upper one being of a rich 

 reddish brown, and the lower one white. The 

 specific name has reference to this, being com- 

 pounded of the Latin pleura, something double, and 

 necto, to join. The fish called the Flounder is 

 brown above and white beneath ; hence the English 

 name of this shell. The preceding engraving of the 

 Common Scallop, viewed from the front, shows the 



