PLATE VII. 



LEPAS ANATIFERA. 



ANATIFEROUS ACORN SHELL. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal, triton. Shell of many unequal valves j affixed by a stem* 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS, 



Shell compressed, consists of five parts, affixed to a pedicle, or mem- 

 braneous tube. 



Lepas Anatifera, testa compressa quinquevalvi lasvi pedunculo 



insidente. Gmel. Linn, Syst. Nat. Conch, p. 3211. 13. 



Balanus Anatifera compressus quinquevalvis laevis, tubo seu colle 



membranaceo insidente. Da Costa, Br. Conch, 



253.72. tab. IS, Jig. 3. 



Concha quinquevalvis compressa, tubulo quodam lignis aut algag ma- 



rinae adhasrens ; animal sui generis multis cirrhis 



instructum continens, falso dicta anatifera. Sibbald, 



Mus. p. 170. No 2. 



Lepas testa compressa basi membrana cylindricea. Fn. Suec. I. 



n, 1350. 

 Lepas Anatifera cum Tritone. Stalp. Obs. 2, p. 458, t. 15, Osh* 



it, 82. 

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