PLATE CXVIIL 



Gaz. tab. 79. fig. 10. — Piddocks. Dale Ilarre. 

 p. 389. Pholas Dactylus, Dactyle. Penn. Br. 

 Zool. p. 16. sp. 10. 

 Pholas angustius striatus & veluti aculeatus. Muricatus. Da Cosia 

 Br. Conch, p. 244. sp. 65. tab. 16. fig. 2. 2. 



This species burrows or pierces into rocks, where it forms large 

 cylindrical cavities. It is not uncommon on many of our coasts* and 

 is sometimes eaten ;. it is in season in the Spring* 



