SOLEN.
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chalky-white ; edges thin : paU'ial scar well marked, placed
far within ; sinus deep, but narrow, defined by a broad line 6n
each side, like the prongs of a steel fork : ^nusmlar scars deep ;
anterior linear, and parallel with the hinge-line
;
posterior
oblong. L. 0-85. B. 5.
Habitat : With S. siliqiia, but more local. Guernsey
and Jersey (Hanley) ; Weymouth (Pulteney) ; Exmouth
(Clark) ; Kingsbridge (Montagu) ; Falmouth (R. L.
King) ; Laugharne in Carmarthenshire and the adjacent
coasts (Montagu and others) ; Anglesea (Pennant)
;
north, east, and south of Ireland (Thompson and others).
" Alluvial deposits/^ Belfast (Hyndman and Grainger)
/_
Italian tertiaries (Menard de la Groye, Brocchi, and
Philippi).
Its exotic range comprises Norway (Loven,
and Asbjornsen) -, north coast of Holland (Waardenburgh) j Heligoland (Frey and Leuckart) ; France (De
Geryille and others) ; Portugal (M*^Andrew) ; Italy,
from Spezzia (Capellini) to Sicily (Maravigna) ; Adriatic
(Chiereghini) ; Black Sea (Kutorga) ; Algeria (Deshayes
an(J Weinkauff) ; St. Michael, Azores (Drouet) ; Red
Sea (Philippi).
The ancient naturalists had some strange notions as to
the sexes of the INIollusca.
Aristotle, as is well known,
believed in their spontaneous generation ; but a different
opinion prevailed about three centuries ago, when Belon
and Rondelet described S. siliqua as the male, and S»
vagina as the female of the same species. The reasons
which they gave for this distinction were not altogether
uncomplimentary to the fair sex, consisting in S. vagina
being (although smaller) of a uniform complexion, and
more sweet-savoured than the other. Reaumur and
Deshayes have given accounts of the animal tolerably
agreeing with my own.. At Cherbourg, Lisbon, and
Spezzia it is sold in the fish-markets, but not so much
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chalky-white ; edges thin : paU'ial scar well marked, placed
far within ; sinus deep, but narrow, defined by a broad line 6n
each side, like the prongs of a steel fork : ^nusmlar scars deep ;
anterior linear, and parallel with the hinge-line
;
posterior
oblong. L. 0-85. B. 5.
Habitat : With S. siliqiia, but more local. Guernsey
and Jersey (Hanley) ; Weymouth (Pulteney) ; Exmouth
(Clark) ; Kingsbridge (Montagu) ; Falmouth (R. L.
King) ; Laugharne in Carmarthenshire and the adjacent
coasts (Montagu and others) ; Anglesea (Pennant)
;
north, east, and south of Ireland (Thompson and others).
" Alluvial deposits/^ Belfast (Hyndman and Grainger)
/_
Italian tertiaries (Menard de la Groye, Brocchi, and
Philippi).
Its exotic range comprises Norway (Loven,
and Asbjornsen) -, north coast of Holland (Waardenburgh) j Heligoland (Frey and Leuckart) ; France (De
Geryille and others) ; Portugal (M*^Andrew) ; Italy,
from Spezzia (Capellini) to Sicily (Maravigna) ; Adriatic
(Chiereghini) ; Black Sea (Kutorga) ; Algeria (Deshayes
an(J Weinkauff) ; St. Michael, Azores (Drouet) ; Red
Sea (Philippi).
The ancient naturalists had some strange notions as to
the sexes of the INIollusca.
Aristotle, as is well known,
believed in their spontaneous generation ; but a different
opinion prevailed about three centuries ago, when Belon
and Rondelet described S. siliqua as the male, and S»
vagina as the female of the same species. The reasons
which they gave for this distinction were not altogether
uncomplimentary to the fair sex, consisting in S. vagina
being (although smaller) of a uniform complexion, and
more sweet-savoured than the other. Reaumur and
Deshayes have given accounts of the animal tolerably
agreeing with my own.. At Cherbourg, Lisbon, and
Spezzia it is sold in the fish-markets, but not so much