PLATE XLV. 



OSTREA STRIATA. 



STRIATED OYSTER. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal a Tethys. Shell bivalve, unequal. Hinge without a tooth, 

 having a small oval cavity. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Less than the common Oyster. Outside wrought with thread- 

 like longitudinal ridges. Inside green. 



Ostreum striatum: mediae magnitudinis veluti striatum intus 

 virescente. Da Costa.pl. 11. fig. 4. 4. p. 162. 

 sp. 9. 



Ostreum parvum veluti striatum, testa intus virescente, cardine utrinque 

 canalicular. List. H. An. Angl. p. 18 1 . tit 27. 

 tab. 4. fig. 27. 



Ostrea fere circinata, subviridis, leviter striata. List. II. Conch, 

 tab. 202. 203. fig. 36. 37. 



An Ostreum vulgare, striatum, striis rotundis, crassioribus, inter- 

 rupts radiatum, squamosum ex fusco viridescens. 

 Gualt. 1. Conch, tab. 102. fig. B ? 



VOL. II. C 



