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Title: Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland
Year: 1827 (1820s)
Authors: Brown, Thomas, 1785-1862
Subjects: Mollusks
Publisher: Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars London : S. Highley
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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ays, that he has found out that they are not the Balanus Scoticus cfWood, but a new shell which he had named Balanus candidus; and had placed it in the exotic collectionof the British Museum, as he doubted the authority of the person who found it. I have just seen some beau-tiful and perfect specimens of this rare shell, found in the Firth of Forth by my friend James Gerard, Esq.,Pitt Street, Edinburgh, and in his cabinet. This, taken in connection with the authority of my friend Mr W.C. Trevelyan, must establish it as a British species. The synonyms of those shells must stand thus : PLATE VI. Figs. 8, 9, 10. BALANUS candidus. Balanus candidus, Leachs MSS. Lepas candidus. Brown in Ency. Brit. vi. p. 403.—In British Museum, the Museum of Wallington, and MrGerards cabinet. Found in the Firth of Forth, at Seaton, Northumberland, and Devonshire coast. PLATE VII. Fig. 22. BALANUS Scoticus. Balanus Scoticus, Browns MSS. Lepas Scoticus, Woods Conch, p. 40, pi. 6, f. ^.—Woods Cat. p. 5. 4
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j-:„vri-~- *.<■ »■//./...-.... A,/.-.^..,;„/i ffr„.;. *)■ i..p»nr, t PLATE XXXIII.Fig. 1. PECTEN oPERcuLARis. Pbcten opercularis, Lam. Syst. vi. p. 172.—Mont. Test. Brit. p. 145.Ostrea opercularisj Brown in Ency. Brit. vi. p. 418. Fig. 2. PECTEN lineatus. Pecten lineatus. Lam. Syst. vi. p. 172.—Mont. Test. Brit. p. 147-Ostrea lineata, Brown in Ency. Brit. vi. p. 418. Fig. 3. PECTEN IsLANDicus. Pecten Islandicus, Lam. Syst. vi. p. 174. Ostrea cinnabarina. Brown in Ency. Brit. vi. p. 418.—First discovered as a British Shell by Miss Julia Trevelyanof Wallington, Northumberland. Found on the beach near Ardencaple, opposite Roseneath. In Mr Trevelyans Cabinet, and also in Lady Jardines. Fig. 4. PECTEN vARius. Pecten varius. Lam. Syst. vi. p. 175.—Mont. Test. Brit. p. 146.Ostrea varia. Brown in Ency. Brit. vi. p. 418. Fig. 5. PECTEN Jacobjeus. Pbcten Jacobaeus, Lam. Syst. vi. p. 165.—Mont. Test. Brit. p. 144.Ostrea Jacobaeus, Brown in Ency. Brit. vi. p. 417- Fig.

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