144 Of Shelly. Part L 
the two ends of a mouldable fubftance of an Oval figure, 
till you made the two fides become the two ends. Some 
of thefe are 2 foot wide, or more. 
This Shell is found on the fhore near Scarbrough after 
d* Cone?" ^ on ^ ^V er "Storms. (a) The Animal fhines much in the 
e ' dark, cfpecially when the fhell is full of liquor, the drops 
whereof glifter where ever they fall $ by virtue of which, 
it is moft probable , that the Hefh it felf becomes 
(b) Pliny, fhining. (b) 
The ROUND-OYSTER, with fimilar fides produced 
from an oblique Navle. The Convex is very white, 
and finely wrought with circular , and radiated lines 
acrofs. 
The MULT ARTICULATE OYSTER with a bended 
Bafe. The Convex is fmooth, and ftained with Cheftnut 
upon white. Its Bafe is in a manner femilunar, produced 
a little forward from the Navle. Upon this Bafe are 
fourteen, fixteen, fometimes twenty fmall Joynts, ftanding 
obliquely, and alfo in a bended line anfwerable to the Bafe. 
To the two ends whereof, the Seat of the Animal is con- 
tiguous. The fore-edge and Margin are furrowed and 
toothed within. Here are four of this fort. 
The BROAD-OYSTER, with fimilar fides. 
The FISTULAR OYSTER. Concha Valvh Fiftulofis. 
Defcribed by Columna with the name of Concha exotica mar- 
gine in Mucronem emijfa 3 who hath alfo figur d it well. 
It hath not only feveral Furrows or Gutters reaching 
from the Navle to the edges round about, but the Fur- 
rows are alfo covered over, and fo properly fiftular; 
whence I have nam cl the Shell. The circumference or 
edg is alfo prolonged into feveral Peaks, which have fome 
kind of likenefs to Sword-points. But Columnas name is 
fomewhat obfurdly given, unlefs inftead of divers,there had 
been one only. 
The MULT ARTICULATE OYSTER, with a ftrait 
Bafe. Defcribed and figur d by Columna with the name 
of Concha ™>uKifowtoy&. Here are two of this fort. The 
chief marks hereof are, that it hath a great number 
( twenty or more ) of {lender Joynts, about ? of an inch 
long, placed parallel, upon a ftrait Bafe. 
The ASSE-FOOT OYSTER. Oftrea Gaderopda, So 
called 
