OSTREA DENTICULATA. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Animal Tethys. 
Testa bivalvis, inaequivalvis, subaurita, 
Cardo edentulus, fossula' cava ovata, striisque 
lateralibus transversis. 
Liin. Syst. Nat. p. 1144# 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS, &c. 
OSTREA testa rotunda, foliacea, valva altera 
plana parasitica, cardine utrinque denti¬ 
culate. 
Born. test. Mus. Ct^s. Vind. p. 113. 
t. 6. f. 9,10. 
OSTREA major sulcata, inaequalitcr utrinque 
ad cardinem denticulata. 
List. Conch, t. 193, 194* 
Cuca promontorium bonje spei, scopulis affixa, 
conspicitur Ostrea denticulata, interdum major quam 
in tabula ostenditur. 
