TAPKS 259 



pressa, liriscouceiitricis aiifi-ustis, planiusculis, confertis- 

 simc sciilpta, unicolor, vel liiieis undato-angulatis picta. 

 Las variedades del Tapes striatus son : 



1 . {Ti/pifs). Testa straminea vel pallide ful va. (Chem- 

 nitz, figs. 3G5 y 3G6; Wood, 2, fig. 12; Pfeiffer, 5, figu- 

 ras 12 y 14; Roerner, 35, fig. 1 , 1 a, 1 b). Venus auri- 

 siaca Wood. 



* 2. Testa fulva vel ferruginea. (Sowerbj, 162, figu- 

 ra 209; Reeve, fig. 45 a; Roemer, 35, fig. 1 g). 



* 3. Testa pallide fulva, plus minusve violáceo tincta, 

 interdum subradiata. (Sowerby, 162, fig. 210; Wood, 7, 

 fig. 56; Reeve, fig. *44; Roemer, 35, fig. 1 d). Venus 

 elegantina Lamarck, Tapes tristis Reeve. 



4. Testa flavo-grisea, postice nigro-violascens, in- 

 terdum lineis angulatis fuí3cis biradiata. (Roemer, 35, 

 fig. 1 k). Chione regular ¿s Deshayes. 



5. Testa albida, maculis nigricantibus radiata. (So- 

 werby, 162, fig. 212). 



* 6. Testa albida, rufescente radiata et angulatim li- 

 neata, área posticali transversim multilineata. (Pbilippi, 

 8, fig. 6). Chione Phüippn Deshayes, partim. 



* 7. Testa fulva vel lutescens, ad umbones maculis 

 vel lineis angulatis fuscis quadriradiata. (Philippi, 8, 

 fig. 5; Sowerby, 162, fig. 207). Chione Philippii Des- 

 hayes, partim. 



* 8. Testa fulva vel albido-fulva, maculis fuscis qua- 

 driradiata lineisque undato-angulatis concoloribus picta. 

 (Hanley, 13, fig. 46; Sowerby, 162, figs. 208 y 211; 

 Reeve, figs. 43 y 46 a; Roemer, 35, fig. 1 f). Tapes Ja- 

 pónica Reeve. 



* 9. Testa superne fulva, inferné grísea, maculis an- 

 gulatis fuscis quadriradiata. (Sowerby, 162, fig. 213). , 



DiMENS. Long. 53; alt. 41 milímetros. 



