PLATE LXVII. 



VENUS DECUSSATA. 



RETICULATED. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bivalve. Hinge furnished with three teeth ; two near each other, 

 the third divergent from the beaks. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Somewhat oval, wrought with transverse and longitudinal strife, or 

 prominent ridges, which cross or decussate each other ; outside 

 brown, inside white, with violet spots near the hinge. 



Cuneus reticulatus, longitudinaliter et transversim vel decussarim 

 striatus, subrufus, intus ex parte violaceus. Reti- 

 culatus. Reticulated Purr. Da Costa Br. Conch, 

 p. 202. tab. 14. fig. 4. 4. 



Venus Decussata : testa ovata antice angulata decussatim striata. 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 1133. No. 149. Mus. Reg. 

 p. 509. No. 77 ? 



Concha quasi rhomboides, in medio cardine utrinque circiter tribus 

 exiguis denticulatis donata. List. II. An. Angl. 

 p. 171. tit. 20. tab. 4, fig. 20. 



