L I M A. 



Species 11. (Fi.u:. -/, //, Mas. I'.rit.) 



Lima ventwcosa. Lim. ti-sld oLliijni ovatCt, latA, 

 veulricomsimd, alba, nonnunquam fasciis conceii- 

 tn'cis subwirantiifi oniatd, cuslis rugostiK siihirreyu- 

 larihu^, diaUintihim, itionillfuniiihii^ arriintd . //(. - 

 diocritev hianti. 



The VENTRicosE Lima. Shell obliquely ovate, broiul, 

 very ventricose, white, sometimes onumiented 

 with concentric slightly oranf^e bands, armed 

 with rough, rather irregular, distant, beaded ribs; 

 moderately gaping. 



SdWEni-.v. Thesaurus Conchylioruiii, Lima, Sp. Ill, f. 

 6, 7. 



Liiiiii ijlacialis, I'oli. 



IJali. Mediterranean. 



The 



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ili to 



had been previou.sly a]:i)lied by Gmelin to Limn scabra. 

 It differs from L.faaciatci, in being much more ventri- 

 cose and less oblique, and in the ribs being beaded and 

 moiv distant. 



Species 12. (Mus. ? copied.) 



Li.MA AN(iusTATA. Liiii. testd temiissi/iid, an 



iib/iiphi. compt-essd, alba, late anlU! Iiiun/.i, tt: 



crclniriiiie radiutim Btriatd. 

 Tm; .NARianv Lima. Shell very thin, narrow, ol 



compressed, white, with a wide hiatus in 



finely very closely radiately striated. 

 SowKiii;y. 



Limn npcrta (hians) var. Sowerby in Tins. 

 //„/,. } 



I .■a.inot now remember whence w.-is ..btaiiu 

 specimen of this shell figured in the Thrsauru? 

 it is very mitcli narrower and more compressec 



lique, 

 front. 



Limn hl'n,i< with which it is ermn.'ously connected 

 that work. 



Species Li. (Mus. Brit.) 

 Lima AXOIM.ATA. I.iul. 1,'sta nn/riro„l. nll„1, ohilqill 

 suhtri;/,,,,.;, niihrl „<l uinnjl,,,-,:! reulralnn aii.jiilnlo. 



ventrall leimilrr il.nlal,,. 

 The ANT.UI.ai: Lima. Shell venlricosi', whit.-, Mbliqurly 

 sulitrigoiial, anteriorly angular at the ventral 

 margin, very finely radiately striated ; po.sterioi- 

 ventral ninrgiu fiuoh- di'iitated. 



Limn JSmzlliann, MS. Brit. iMus. 



Liiiin orii'iitnll.", Adams and Reeve. 



Ilab. Panama, Cumin;/. New Caledonia (var. <u-iciitnll.--). 



Species 14. (Fig. .^ b, Mus. Brit.) 



Lima hentata. LIiii. fesla dliln/nr ,l,ni<j<il,'t, ti mil 

 com/iiTSsd, aatice panluhuii, /ui.'itlrl; Intl lin 

 costU disUmlibuS scal/rls. ml mniyliniii lUi. 

 radiatd ; auriculis antirls jmrfis ,■ nrru caiL 

 latd. 



The toothed Lima. Shell obliquely elongated, 

 subcompressed, ga]iing a little anteriorly, w 

 posteriorly; rayed with distant scabrous 

 dentated at the margin ; anterior auricles s 

 hinge area wide. 



SowEUiiY. Thesaurus Concliylionun, Jjima, Sp. 

 f. 3t>, 31. 



Ihih. .' 



A rather remarkalile species for its sctdpture 



idely 

 ril.s 

 mall. 



projectmg 



