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BRACHIOPODA. 
Morrisia anomioides. 
Fig. 17 . 
Fig. 18. 
Fig. 17. — Interior of the dorsal valve with the animal; 0. the orange-coloured 
ovaries. 
Fig. 18 . — Ditto showing the loop : c. oral processes ; /. foramen. 
1. Morrisia anomioides. 
Shell minute, circular, depressed, smooth, olive-green, trans- 
lucent ; foramen large and round, encroaching equally on both 
valves ; area of ventral valve chiefly occupied by the foramen ; 
deltidia rudimentary ; dorsal valve deeply notched at the umbo ; 
loop consisting of two simple plates {crura) attached to the sides 
of the umbonal notch, and to a central, bifurcated process. Lon. 
1, lat. 1|, alt. 4 line (lat. 3 lines, Forbes) (figs. 17, 18). 
Terebratula anomioides, Scacchi. 
Philippi, Moll. Sicil. ii. p. 69. t. 18. f. 9, 1844. 
Terebratula appressa, Forbes, 1844, Brit. Assoc. Report on Egean 
Moll. p. 167, 193 (read 1843). 
Morrisia seminulum, Dav. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1852, p. 371 (not 
Ter. seminulum, Phil.). 
Morrisia anomioides, Dav. 1852, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. . pi. 
f. 29. 
Hab. Mediterranean, at 95 fathoms. 
2. Morrisia lunifera. 
Shell minute, subcordate, compressed, front margin slightly 
indented ; area moderate ; internal skeleton consisting of a semi- 
lunar plate in the centre of the dorsal valve. Lon. and lat. H 
line. 
Terebratula lunifera, Philippi, 1836, Moll. Sicil. i. p. 97. t. 6. 
f. 16 (not Sow.). 
Orthis lunifera, Philippi, Moll. Sicil. ii. p. 69. 
Argiope Forbesii (syn.), Dav. Ann. Nat. Hist. May 1852, p. 373. 
Hab. Mediterranean. 
