General conchology; or, a description of shells arranged according to the Linnean system. And illustrated with plates drawn and coloured from nature. Vol. 1 / by W. Wood.
- William Wood
- Date:
- 1815
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: General conchology; or, a description of shells arranged according to the Linnean system. And illustrated with plates drawn and coloured from nature. Vol. 1 / by W. Wood. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![BORDERED CHITON. PL 3./. 4. 30. Chiton inarginatus. Ch. testa octovalvi, margine serrato rejlexo Jtevi. ~ Linn. Gmel. p. 3206. Shell of eiglit valves, smooth, with a serrated reflected margin. Oscabrion Gallicum, Argenv. Conch, t. 25. f. M. Penn. Br. Zool. ed. 1812. 4. pi. 39. f. 2. Mont. Test. Brit. p. 1. Linn. Trans. 8. p. 21. t. 1. f. 2. . This shell is of a reddish-brown colour, and of an oblong shape. The valves are carinated and vary in colour. It is about the size of a millepede, and is found on several of the coasts of Great Britain, attached to oyster and other shells. The C. septemvalvis described by Mr. Montagu, he is now inclined to refer to this shell as an accidental variety only, and not a distinct species. ASH-COLOURED CHITON. PI. 3. /. 5. 31. Chiton cinereus. Ch. testa octovalvi IcBvi carinata, corpore rubi- cundo, limbo subciliato. Linn. Gmcl. p. 3204. Fabr. Fn. Grcenl. p. 423. Shell of eight valves, smooth and carinated; body reddish, margin some¬ what ciliated. Testa octovalvi ovata. Linn. Syst. ]\at. ed. 12. p. 1107. Born. Mus. Caes. t. 1. f. 3. Chem. Conch. 8. t. 96. f. 818. Encyclop. Method, pi. 161. f. 11. Mont. Test. Brit. p. 3. Linn. Trans. Q. p. 22. pi. 1. f. 3. The cinereous Chiton is of an oval shape, compressed and carinated, and from a quarter to three-quarters of an inch long. When the animal is alive the shell is reddish, but becomes grey after death. The valves on the back project into a beak, and, as the figure expresses,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29337240_0105.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
