SOLE N. 



Species 14. (Xlus. Brit.) 



SoLEN sic.\i:ii-s. Sol. testd had, hreri. palliitd, pav/d 

 arciuitd, compressd; e/iideniiidi' strainiiieo ; marjine 

 dorsali depresso, wciiato, area angustd ; margine 

 pnstico subrotiindato ; margine aniiro derato, 

 obliquo, arciiato : margine ventrali jttrinr/ui' paii/ii 

 accliri. 



The shokt-.swoiu) Soi.kn. Sliell broiul, short, pale, a 

 little curved, compressed ; epidermis sttaw- 

 coloured ; dor.sal margin depressed, curved, area 

 narrow; posterior margin rather rounded, anterior 

 side raised, oblique, curved ; ventral margin a 

 little sloped upwards at each end. 



GoLLD. United States E.xpioring Expedition. 



Hub. ? 



Species 15. (Mus. Nobi.s.) 



SoLEN GuiNEENSis. Sol. testd brevi, recto, lalo, ad um- 

 bonts radiaiim purpureo, ad aream tivibonalem 

 purpurea-. ''trigato ; margine poMiaj truncato, nclo ; 

 margine antico subohliqxil: truncato, constrictn. 



The Guine.^ Solen. Shell short, straight, broad, 

 radiating with purple at the umboes, striped with 

 purple on the umbonal area; posterior margin 

 truncated, straight ; anterior margin rather 

 obliquely truncated, constricted. 



Gray. Brit. Mus. Ilanley, Species of Shells. 



Bab. Co. of Guinea. 



tniliipie 7-ectis ; margine pntitico snprA infraejiic ■'^ub- 



to/iiiidalo. 

 I^amauck's Solen. Shell short, pnrj>le, striped at the 



posterior area, posteriorly a little tapering, a 



single purple ray near the anterior margin ; 



anterior mai'gin rather obliquely truncated; dorsal 



and ventral margins straight ; posterior margin 



a little rounded above and below. 

 CiiEMN. Illustrations (lonchyllologiques. 

 nab. Ceylon. 



Species 17. (Mus. Brit ) 



Soles gi!.\cilis. Sol. testd elongatd, angusiatd, tenin 

 rertimctild, pallide fiilvd ; areis indistincti.': ; mar- 

 gine postico truncato, recto ; margine antico obUqni 

 truncato, simplici. 



The slender Solen. Shell elongated, narrow, thin, 

 rather straiglit, pale fulvous ; areas indistinct ; 

 posterior margin truncated, straight; anterior 

 margin obliquely truncated, simple. 



PuiLiPPi. Abbildungen. 



IJab. Ilakodaki, Japan. 



pecies 18. (Mus. Brit.) 



Species IG. (Mus. Nobis.) 



Solen Lamauckh. Sol. testd birri, purpurcd, ad aream 

 posticain strigatd, 2>osticc subattennatd, prope mar- 

 ginem antimm purpureo uniradiatd ; margine 

 antico suboblique truncato ; marginibus dorsali ven- 



Apri! 



Solen I!Ostrifoi:mis. Sol. tcitd angustd, comjirrssd, 

 pallide rosea strigatd ; postice siibattenuaid, ad 

 tenainum rotundatd ; margine antico elevato. xnb- 

 ohliquo. 



TuE BEAK-SHAPED SoLEN. Shell uarrow, compressed, 

 striped with pale rose; posteriorly a little tapering, 

 rounded at the end ; anterior margia raised, 

 rather oblique. 



DuNKER. Proc. Zool. Soc, 18C1. 



Hab. ^ 



More narrow and tapering than Solen rostrujii-anatif. 

 1874. 



