PLATE LXVIII. 



VENUS STRIATULUS. 



STRIATED. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



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

 the third divergent from the beaks. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Shell somewhat heart-shaped, and marked with three or four lon- 

 gitudinal rays of brown. 



Pectunculus Striatulus parvus transversim striatus fusco ra- 



diatus. Da Costa. Br. Conch, p. 191. sp. 21. 



tab. 12. fig. 2. 2. 

 Venus Gallina testa subcordata radiata : striis transversis obtusis, car- 



dinis dente postico minimo, margine crenulato. 



Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 1130. No. 1 19. — Fn. Sv. 2. 



No. 2143? 



This is one of the most elegant of the British Shells. It is found 

 on the coasts of Dorsetshire, Cornwall, and the isles of Scilly, and 

 also on those of Wales. The general colour is pale flesh colour, 



