worms. TESTACEA. 67. AnomJa. 
67. ANOMIA. Animal an emaro-inate 
ate ftrap-lliaped body, with briftles 
h-mge affixed to the upper-valve; arH’’ 
2, linear longer than the body, connive*’] 
projeaing, alternate on the valve an*’ 
ciliate each lide, the fringe affixed 
each valve: Jhell bivalve, inequivah^’ 
one of the valves dattifli, the other g’’’' , 
bous at the bafe with a produced beal''|. 
generally curved over the hinge ; oiic 
the valves often perforated near the bail-’' 
hinge with a linear prominent cicahj’' 
and a lateral tooth placed within, but i” ' 
the flat \ alve on the very inaro'in ; 2 ba ^ 
ny rays for the bafe of the animal. 
Cranklarit Shell orbicular, the gibbous valve conico-convex, the A*'’ ; 
valve with 3 hollows at the bafe. 
Retz. Schr. berl. Naturf. 2. tab. i.Jig, z, 3. 
Chemm conch. 8. tab. 'jS.fig. 687. a, b. ^ 
2. Chemn, conch. 8. tab. j 6 .fig. 688. a, b. 
Inhabits^ the Mediterranean Seat and Philippine j/lands, ^’>^1 
fometimes found foffilc; about an inch long and | of a" 
broad; whuifh j the lower-vaJve thicker, within are 
tubercles, 
• PeSinata Shell oblong with branched grooves, the gibbous valve 
2 hollows behind. ° 
Chemn.^ conch. 8. tab. yS./Jg. 689, 690. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean, and is often found foffile : about ^ | 
inch longynd i broad ; flat valve perforated, the other ro«8 | 
with longitudinal fcaly ftri® which are here and there bifi®' 
^Ephippium Shell roiindifh pellucid with wrinkled plaits • the flat v!'’'”'’ 
perforated. ’ 
Donovan’s Brit. Shells, i. tab. 26. 
Penn. Brit. Zool. iv, tab. 62. 
Da Cojla Brit, conch, tab. ll./tg. 3. 
Bonan. recr. z.fg. 56, Muf. kirch, 2} fig. ec. 
Gualt. left. tab. 97. B, Lifter, tab. 204, /;». 38. 
Ginannadr. 2. tab, 2-p,jig. 172, Barhut. t. 10, f. %. 
Argenv. conch, tab. ig. fig. C. 
Chemn, conch. 8. tab. "/bijig. 692, 693; tjti 
