PLATE III. 



PATELLA FISSURA. 



SLIT-LIMPET. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal Umax. Shell univalve, subconic, without spires. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Oval, striated, reticulated. Vertex recurved, or bent back. A slit 

 in the anterior part. 



Patella Fissura : testa ovali striato -reticulata : vertice recurvo, anterius 



fissa. Gmelin, Linn. Syst. Nat. 3728. 192. 

 Patella integra parva, alba, cancellata, fissura notabili in margine. 



List. H. Conch, tab. 543. 



Petiv. Gaz. tab. 75. fig. 2. 

 Patella testa sulcato -reticulata, vertice recurvo, margine antice sursum 



fisso. Midler -zool-dan. 1. p. 83. t. 24. f. 7. 9» 



rar. 1. p. 51. prodr. 2864. 

 Patella fissura. Slit. Br. Zool. t. 90. /. 152. p. 144. 



Da Costa Br. Conch. 11. 5. tab. 1. fig. 4. 

 Lepas d'eau douce reticule, avec une petite fente, ou entaille. 

 UAvila, Cab. 1. p. 428. No. 962. 



Found on the coasts of Cornwall and Devonshire* 



