Hoc fit item in cena, dabis ostrea millibu' nummum Empta.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
In some of the lowest of them, banks of oysters are observed, consisting of ostrea bellovacina, so common in France in the same relative position.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell
ostrea acuminata, Fuller's earth.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell