64 LEPAS. 



STRIATED BARNACLE. 

 PL 10. /. 5. Mr. Sowerby. 



36. Lepas anserifera. L. testa compressa quinquevalvi striata, pedunculo 



insidente. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 1109. Linn. Gmel. p. 3210. 

 Shell of five valves, compressed and striated ; seated on a peduncle. 

 Anatifa striata. Brug. Encycl. Meth. Hist. Nat. torn. 6. p. 64. 

 Lister, Conch, t. 440. f. 283. item. Exerc. Anatom. t. 19. f. 4, 5. 



Chemn. Conch. 8. pi. 100. f. 856. Encyclop. Method, pi. 166. f. 3. 



Donov. Brit. Shells, pi. 166. Mont. Test. Brit. p. 16. Penn. Brit. 



Zool. ed. 1812. vol. 4. p. 151. Linn. Trans. 8. p. 28. 



The surface of this shell is strongly striated, the striae 

 extending, in the lower valve, from the anterior angle to 

 the edge, where it unites with the upper valve: these 

 striae are crossed again so as to give the shell a reti- 

 culated appearance. The upper valve is striated in 

 the same manner as the lower one, but somewhat 

 stronger. The dorsal valve is much compressed and 

 has a carinated edge. The shell is of a bluish 

 colour, with an orange red pedicle, an inch and a half 

 long. 



Inhabits the American ocean. Has been found on 

 the coast of Devonshire, by Mr. Montagu, on a piece of 

 drifted wood, from half an inch in length to the size of 

 the figure. 



Gualtieri has figured a single valve only, the reference 

 to him has therefore been omitted. 



