178 



CONCHYLIA— D/THFE^. 40. 



roBtrata. 

 3. 



NucuLA testa ovatd transversirn striata, latere antico rostrato arcuato 



rotundato. 

 Shell oval, striate transversely, with the anterior side produced cur- 

 ved and rounded. 

 Area rostrata. Gmelin, Syst. p. 3308. 



Turton, Linn. Syst. iv. p. 251. 



Montagu, Suppl. p. 55, tab. 27, fig. 7- 



Pennant, Brit. Zool. iv. p. 217. 



Dillwyn, Descript. Catal. p. 245. 



Turton, Conch. Diet. p. 11. 



Chemnitz, vii. p. 206, tab. 55, fig. 550, 551. 

 Dredged off St. Abb's head, Scotland. 



Shell half an inch long, and three quarters wide, of a glossy pale 

 horn-color, sloping from the beaks in a curved manner with the ex- 

 tremity rounded, and along the curvature or slope is a marginal 

 angle, which is slightly reticulate. 



minuta. 

 4. 



NuCUliA testa ovatd transversirn striata, latere antico rostrato arcuato 



truncato. 

 Shell oval transversely striate, with the anterior side produced curv- 

 ed and truncate. 

 Area minuta. Gmelin, Syst. p. 3309. 



Turton, Linn. 'Syst. iv. p. 252. , 



Pennant, Brit. Zool. iv. p. 216. 



Montagu, Test. Brit. p. 140. 



Linn. Trans, viii. p. 92. 



Turton, British Fauna, p. 161. 



