Species, Onion-peel Anomia.—(Ephippium, Linn.)
Shell common, whitish and yellowish, found in the Mediterranean and the ocean.
Besides the abovementioned species, which were found in large quantities, there were also some muscles and oysters.—(Mytilus afer. Baccina.—Linn. Gmel. 3358.)
Genus "Balane de Blainville."
(Balanite, Encyclopedia.—Lepas, Linn.)
Fig. 1. Tulip Balanus.—(Lepas tintinnabulum, Linn.)
Shell with six unequal valves articulated by a scaly suture, of which the edges appear to be finely crenellated in the cavity; the form of the valves is conical, aperture ample, and nearly quadrangular.
Operculum composed of four triangular pieces crenellated and marked with very projecting transverse striæ, which appear to extend from the top to the bottom; the two posterior pieces are perpendicular, and are applied to the hinder partition of the cavity of the shell; they are terminated by two conical prolongations, of which the points are sharp and diverging. The two foremost pieces are placed in the aperture, in an oblique direction. The colour of this balanus from clear red to violet and brown.