A Manual of Conchology / According to the System Laid Down by Lamarck, with the Late Improvements by De Blainville. Exemplified and Arranged for the Use of Students.

by Thomas Wyatt

Oval, elongated, compressed on the sides, having the summit sub-anterior, well marked, and curved; exterior fawn colour, interior of a silvery hue.

P. deaurata. The golden red Patella. Pl. [2], fig. 3.

Sub-conic, summit more anterior, with a slight forward inclination; colour yellowish red.

P. cochlear. The spoonlike Patella. Pl. [2], fig. 4.

Depressed, the summit hardly marked, and much more narrow in front than behind; exterior brownish, interior light blue.

P. scutellaris. The buckler Patella. Pl. [2], fig. 5.

Depressed, summit sub-anterior, radiated from the summit to the margin; brown colour, with a yellowish band parallel to the margin.

P. pectinata. The pectinated Patella. Pl. [2], fig. 6.

Oval, summit well marked and anteriorly inclined; ribbed from the summit to the margin, which is slightly convex in the middle.

P. cymbularia. The cymbular Patella. Pl. [2], fig. 7.