PLATE CLXVI 



FIG. L 



LEPAS SCALPELLUM. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Animal Triton, Shell affixed at the base, multivalve ; the valves 



unequal. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell compressed. Valves thirteen, smooth, and seated on a scaly 



peduncle. 



Lepas Scalpellum : testa compressa tredecim valvi laeviuscula 

 pedunculo squamosa insidente. Linn. Fn, 

 Suec. 2121. — Gmel. Syst.Nat. 3210. Sp.lt, 

 Ellis Phil. Trans. 1758. t. 34./. 4. page 84SL 



Lepas Scalpellum, a very rare and curious species, has been found 

 attached to some sea weeds, dredged up on the coast of Weymouth ; 

 a specimen of it affixed to the branches of a coralline that was dis- 



