. Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences . We are indebted for the discovery of this beautiful species to that zea'ons na- turalist, Mr John Blythe of Glasgow, He first noticed some fragments of this shell about seven years ago, while examining the shores at Millport, and after- wards found a perfect specimen. Mr Blythe informs us that the shell is not uncom- mon in Lochfine, and that his friend, Mr Drew, writer, Inverary, has procured se- veral live specimens attached to the lines employed in cod fishing. They live in very deep water. We read an account of this shel
. Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences . We are indebted for the discovery of this beautiful species to that zea'ons na- turalist, Mr John Blythe of Glasgow, He first noticed some fragments of this shell about seven years ago, while examining the shores at Millport, and after- wards found a perfect specimen. Mr Blythe informs us that the shell is not uncom- mon in Lochfine, and that his friend, Mr Drew, writer, Inverary, has procured se- veral live specimens attached to the lines employed in cod fishing. They live in very deep water. We read an account of this shell before the British Association at Edin- burgh in 1834. and were then doubtful whether it was an undescribed species. We thought that it might possibly be the Pecten aspersus of Lamarck, as it is nearly allied to it in form and markings. We thought that Lamarck's might be the young shelL Since that time, however, Mr Blythe has kindly presented us with two young speci- mens, in both of which the ribs, or rays, are seven in number; whereas Lamarck says his shell is five-ribbed; and we hardly think so acute an observer would have over- looked the transverse undulating strite.
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