PLATE V. 



HALIOTIS TUBERCULATA. 



TUBERCULATED SEA EAR. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Animal a slug. Shell univalve, dilated, or flat, almost Open a row 

 of orifices its length, spire near one end turned in. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND - 



SYNONYMS. 



Oblong-oval. Outside furrowed transversely, rttgged, tuberculated. 



Haliotis Tuberculata, testa subovata, dorso transversim rugoso 



tuberculato. GmeL — Linn. Syst. Nat. Conch, p. 



3687. sp. 2. 

 x\uris marina, major profunde sulcata, magis depressa, fusco colore 



obsira, intus argentea. Gualt. Ind. Conch, tab. 69. fig. 1. 

 Auris marina quibusdam : Patelli fera Rondoietii, Xe<zras- aysta Aristo* 



telis ; Mother of Pearl, Anglice. List. H. An. AngL 



p. 167. tit. 16. tab. 3. fig. 16. 

 Tuberculated Sea Ear. Pennant Br.Zool. No. 144. tab. 88. fig. 144. 

 Haliotis Vulgaris. Common Sea Ear. Da Costa, Br. Conch, p. 15. 



pi. 2. fig. 1,2. 



Pennant says this species is frequently cast upon the southern coast 

 of Devonshire. It is common on the eastern coast of Sussex; and 

 on the coast of the isle of Guernsey. — It adheres like limpets, to the 

 rocks, when living. 



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