LUCINA.— Plate III. 



Species 15. (Mus. Cuming.) 



LuciNA VENUSTA. Luc. testd .mbgloboso-orbiculari, ven- 

 tricosd, sttbeBquilaterd, radiatim muUicodatd, costis 

 temibm, mmerods, in parte tnedio anticd subobsoleiis, 

 lineis trunsversis impresm undiqne undulalo-sculptm, 

 lunuld oblongd, cardinis dentibus centralikcs aubprond- 

 nentibus, lateralibus parvis subobsoletis ; alba. 



The graceful Lucina. Shell somewhat globosely 

 oi-biciilar, ventricose, nearly equilateral, ratliately 

 nianv-ribbed, ribs fine, numerous in the part anterior 



to the middle, rather obsolete, undulately sculptured 

 throughout with transverse impressed lines, lunule 

 oblong, central teeth of the hinge rather prominent, 

 lateral teeth smaU, nearly obsolete ; pure white. 



Philippi, Abbild. und Bcsch. Conch, vol. ii. p. 206. Luc. 

 pl.l.f. 2. 



Hab. Bay of Manila (sandy mud, shallow water) ; Cuming. 



An elaborately carved ventricose shell, perfectly white, 

 without any indication of colouring, and with very much 

 the aspect of a Cardium. 



