PLATE CXXIV. 



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FIG. I. 



ARDIUM EDULE. 



COMMON COCKLE. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Two teeth near the beak ; and another remote one, on each side of 



the shell. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell antiquated : about twenty-six grooves, with obsolete recurved 



scales. 



Cardium edule : testa antiquata; sulcis viginti sex obsolete re- 



curvato imbricatis. Limis—Gmel. T. I. p. 6. 



p. 3252. sp. 20. 

 Pectunculus vulgaris, albidus, subrotundus, circiter viginti-sex 



striis majusculis at planioribus donatus. Da Costa, 



Brit. Conch, p. 180. sp. 19. 

 Cardium Edule, Edible Cockle. Pi-mi, Brit, Zool NoAl. tab, 50. 



fg.U. 



