in WORMS. TESTACEA. 55. Phloas. 
5.5. PHLOAS. Animal an Afcidia : Jliell b*' 
valve, divaricate, with leveral leller dii' 
ferently lhaped acceflbry ones at 
hinge: hinges recurved, united by a caV' 
tillage: in the inlide beneath the hing^ 
is an incurved tooth- 
The inhabitants of this genus perforate chy fpongy ftones 
wood, while in the younger uate, and as they increafe in 
enlarge their habitation within, and thus become imprilonc”' 
they contain a phofpherous liquor of great brjlliancy in 
dark, and which illuminates whatever it touches or happ'” 
• to fall upon. 
•Dudylyt. Shell oblong^ with reticulate fubfpinous ftrix on the uppf 
part. 
Penn, Brit, Zosl, iv. p. 76. tah, 39./?^. to. 
Lifter Conch, tab, 433.7?^. 276. 
LiHer jin. Angl. app. tab. 2. fig, 3.' 
Lifter exerc. Anat. tab. \t).fig. I, 2. 
Gualt. teji, tab. \0<^,fig. 4 , B, C, D. 
Seba Muf. 3. tah. \(o. fg. a, b, c, d. 
Born. Muf. Cttf. Find, teJi. tab,. I -fg. 7. 
Argent). Conch, tab. zS.fig, H, I. 
Chemn, Conch, S. tab, loi.fg. 859; 
Inhabits among rocks of Europe, and Ihines by night; 5 
long : entirely white with fometimes an ochraceous call, 
fragile, elongated and wedge-lhapcd on the fore-part, con'' 
behind ; the margin inflefled ; marked with fublpinous ^ 
which become gradually more jndiftinfl ; hinge reletnl?h®® 
fpoon : accejj'ory <yahjes 4. 
Goftata- Shell oyate. and flriate with elevated ribs. 
Lifter Conch, tab. 4.1^, fig , 22j, 
^ Bonann, recr 3, fg, 35, Muf. tire h, 2. f. 105. 
Gualt, teji. tab. tO^.fig.G. 
Knorr. Fergn. 2. tab, z<; /!g- 4. 
Chemn, Conch. 8. tab. loi./Tg-. 865. 
Inhabits American Seas : white, nearly 6 inches long ; th® 
oblique and armed with elevate fcalcs or obtufe fpincs. 
Shell ovate, and muhifariotifly flriate. 
Gualt. teji' tah. fig. F. 
Strftta, 
